Re: Installation of postgresql database as root

From: "Ali, Luqman" <luqman(dot)ali(at)sanmina-sci(dot)com>
To: <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Installation of postgresql database as root
Date: 2007-06-06 03:38:50
Message-ID: AEA06231B7D16F4CA77C0C1550F3D730030F8E02@sin2apfpew01.ap.sanm.corp
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> The documentation(s) did not specify anything about the above but is
it
>> absolutely necessary to install postgresql db as superuser root? Can
I
>> create a user (say postgres) and then install the postgresql?
>I guess the question is whether that user has write access
>to the target file-system(s) ...

Absolutely, the user (i.e. me) will have write access to the target
file-systems. Another question is does postgres user get automatically
created with the installation of progress or will the sysadmin have to
create that?

-- Cheers,
Andrej

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