Michael Brusser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > We're trying to avoid creating any unnecessary files, especially outside > of the product installation tree. Look at this as a policy. > Experience shows that sooner or later some of your customers ask you: > what is this /tmp/.s.PGSQL.xxx file is? What do I need it for? > Also some admins known to periodically clean out /tmp, /var/run, etc.
Well if you clean out files programs are using you should expect those programs to break. Other programs that create sockets in /tmp include screen and X for example. Unix domain sockets are sometimes more efficient and sometimes more secure than TCP/IP connections. So preferring TCP/IP just to avoid /tmp pollution might be a bit of a loss for aesthetic value. -- greg ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
