> Ari�n Huisken wrote: >> In the homedir of the user postgres is a .bash_profile file where the >> PGDATA=/var/lib/postgresql/data is set. You can try to change it. >> >> I myself do it a bit different. I move the default homedir of the user >> postgres >> (/var/lib/postgresql) to a new location (/vol1/pgsql in your case) >> and make a >> symlink: ln -s /vol1/pgsql /var/lig/postgresql >> In this case you don't have to worry after updates of the package and it is >> really the most simple way of not having to edit any of the config files. > > I'm sorry, but *what* is the point of moving PGDATA?
For example when you have a large database, putting the postgresql data on a seperate disk or raid set instead of the root partition, makes sense to me. -- Ari�n Huisken Xilay Software _______________________________________________ tsl-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.trustix.org/mailman/listinfo/tsl-discuss
