Add note warning users that Postgres' port number is forced in the service file, mainly because it's traditional in Red Hat installations to set it there rather than in postgresql.conf. (There are minor usability benefits to doing it this way though, for example that the postmaster's port number is visible in "ps" as part of its command line.) diff -Naur postgresql-9.2rc1.orig/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample postgresql-9.2rc1/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample --- postgresql-9.2rc1.orig/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample 2012-08-23 18:06:49.000000000 -0400 +++ postgresql-9.2rc1/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample 2012-09-01 21:57:55.498629897 -0400 @@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ # defaults to 'localhost'; use '*' for all # (change requires restart) #port = 5432 # (change requires restart) +# Note: In RHEL/Fedora installations, you can't set the port number here; +# adjust it in the service file instead. #max_connections = 100 # (change requires restart) # Note: Increasing max_connections costs ~400 bytes of shared memory per # connection slot, plus lock space (see max_locks_per_transaction).