"Fredrik Israelsson" <fredrik(dot)israelsson(at)eu(dot)biotage(dot)com> writes:
> I am about to install PostgreSQL on a minimal Linux system, where root
> is the only user that is allowed to exist.
You've *got* to be kidding. That's possibly the stupidest system design
decision I've ever heard ... what is the point of disallowing non-root
userids? It certainly can't improve system security to run everything
as root.
regards, tom lane