Received: from makus.postgresql.org (makus.postgresql.org [98.129.198.125]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53CDCDA629A for ; Wed, 1 Aug 2012 16:59:42 -0300 (ADT) Received: from 30.55.colo.spiretech.net ([69.168.55.30] helo=lists.commandprompt.com) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Swf52-00067a-On for pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; Wed, 01 Aug 2012 19:59:41 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.5] (spinlock.commandprompt.com [69.168.55.30]) by lists.commandprompt.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 4C69F138; Wed, 1 Aug 2012 12:59:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.5] ([68.118.161.194] helo=[192.168.1.5]) by assp.commandprompt.com with ESMTPS(AES256-SHA) (2.1.1); 1 Aug 2012 12:59:26 -0700 Message-ID: <50198A85.209@commandprompt.com> Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2012 12:59:01 -0700 From: "Joshua D. Drake" Organization: Command Prompt, Inc. User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:14.0) Gecko/20120714 Thunderbird/14.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gary Webster CC: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Subject: Re: simple question about two 'servers' on same OS References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Assp-Version: 2.1.1(11364) on assp.commandprompt.com X-Assp-Client-SSL: yes X-Assp-ID: assp.commandprompt.com m1-51167-03689 X-Assp-Envelope-From: jd@commandprompt.com X-Assp-Intended-For: webster@lexmark.com X-Assp-Original-Subject: Re: simple question about two 'servers' on same OS X-Pg-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) X-Archive-Number: 201208/6 X-Sequence-Number: 39827 On 08/01/2012 12:44 PM, Gary Webster wrote: > Hello. > > When running two 'separate' instances of Postgres on the same machine > (diff ports), do I also have two separate installs of the binaries > (prefix), No > or only two separate datadir ? Yes > If I have two separate prefix dirs, & only one "postgres" superuser, > which is its home dir, or does it matter? Doesn't matter. Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake -- Command Prompt, Inc. - http://www.commandprompt.com/ PostgreSQL Support, Training, Professional Services and Development High Availability, Oracle Conversion, Postgres-XC @cmdpromptinc - 509-416-6579