--- src/include/pg_config_manual.h 2013-10-07 20:17:38.000000000 -0700 +++ src/include/pg_config_manual.h 2014-03-08 21:29:48.000000000 -0800 @@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ * here's where to twiddle it. You can also override this at runtime * with the postmaster's -k switch. */ -#define DEFAULT_PGSOCKET_DIR "/tmp" +#define DEFAULT_PGSOCKET_DIR "/var/run/postgresql" /* * The random() function is expected to yield values between 0 and