Change the built-in default socket directory to be /run/postgresql. This is to resolve communication problems with clients operating under systemd's PrivateTmp environment, which won't be using the same global /tmp directory as the server; see bug #825448. Note that we apply the socket directory change at the level of the hard-wired defaults in the C code, not by just twiddling the setting in postgresql.conf.sample; this is so that the change will take effect on server package update, without requiring any existing postgresql.conf to be updated. (Of course, a user who dislikes this behavior can still override it via postgresql.conf.) Index: src/include/pg_config_manual.h =================================================================== --- src/include/pg_config_manual.h.orig +++ src/include/pg_config_manual.h @@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ * support them yet. */ #ifndef WIN32 -#define DEFAULT_PGSOCKET_DIR "/tmp" +#define DEFAULT_PGSOCKET_DIR "/run/postgresql" #else #define DEFAULT_PGSOCKET_DIR "" #endif