Re: PostgreSQL on system with root as only user

From: Andrew Kelly <akelly(at)corisweb(dot)org>
To: pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL on system with root as only user
Date: 2006-08-30 13:36:24
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On Wed, 2006-08-30 at 09:17 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> "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.

Remember the glory of heaven and earth before man was created?

;-)

> regards, tom lane
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