On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, Christopher Browne wrote: > 1. It assumes that there is "a location" for "the configuration files > for /the single database instance./"
No; it assumes that there's a location for "the default instance." If you have more than one, you could have one default and one elsewhere, or just do what I often do, which is put in an empty config file except for a comment saying "we have several instances of <xxx> on this machine; look in <yyy> for them." > 2. It assumes I have write access to /etc > > If I'm a Plain Old User, as opposed to root, I may only have > read-only access to /etc. Right. It's dependent on the sysadmin to create /etc/postgres/ and make it writeable, or set up proper symlinks, or whatever. Fortunately, the files in /etc are only the defaults, to be used if they're not overridden on the command line. If you're in a situation like #2, you're basically stuck where we are now all the time: you have to just put it somewhere and hope that, if someone else needs to find it, they can. cjs -- Curt Sampson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> +81 90 7737 2974 http://www.netbsd.org Don't you know, in this new Dark Age, we're all light. --XTC ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
