Ensure the log file destination directory is set correctly

How it is checked

Audit method: Manual review

This recommendation cannot be checked automatically. A scan lists it with these instructions when you pass --include-manual.

Run SHOW log_directory; (default log, relative to the data directory) and confirm it is the directory defined by your logging policy. Prefer an absolute path outside PGDATA (e.g. /var/log/postgres) so logs are not copied by pg_basebackup or pgBackRest.

How it is fixed

Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch

ALTER SYSTEM SET log_directory = '/var/log/postgres'; (create it owned by postgres, mode 0700) then SELECT pg_reload_conf();