From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
Cc: | PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: initdb.sh fixed |
Date: | 1999-12-20 02:17:00 |
Message-ID: | 199912200217.VAA19700@candle.pha.pa.us |
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> On 1999-12-18, Bruce Momjian mentioned:
>
> > The big problem seems to be reliance on bash-isms like $UID and
> > functions with spaces like:
>
> Bash tells me that is it's invoked as 'sh' it will behave like 'sh', but
> it's lying ...
Yes, certain _extensions_ show through.
>
> > > 'insert ( data data data )' bootstrap commands are containing gaps. On the
> > > other hand, this was one of the key things that were supposed to be
> > > improved because relying on $USER was not su-safe. Maybe $UID would work,
> > > since initdb isn't supposed to be setuid anyway.
> >
> > Again, a bash-ism. Let's face, it, the postgres binary is going to
> > croak on root anyway, so we are just doing an extra check in initdb.
>
> But the point was to initialize to superuser id in Postgres as that
> number, but we might as well start them out at 0, like it is now.
Seems either $USER or $LOGNAME should be set in all cases.
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