Re: Open 7.3 items

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > How about if we just document that they have to create a
> > postgres(at)template1 user before flipping the switch. That way, there is
> > no special user, no PG_INSTALLER file, and no double-tests for user
> > names.
>
> ... and no useful superuser account; if you can't connect to anything
> except template1 then you ain't much of a superuser.
>
> To get around that you'd have to create postgres(at)db1, postgres(at)db2,
> postgres(at)db3, etc etc. This would be a huge pain in the neck; I think
> it'd render the scheme impractical. (Keep in mind that anybody who'd be
> interested in this feature at all has probably got quite a number of
> databases to contend with.)

Yes, I hear you, but that brings us around full-circle to the original
patch with one super-user who is the install user.

I don't know where else to go with the patch at this point. I think
increasing the number of 'global' users is polluting the namespace too
much, and having none seems to be unappealing. This is why I am back to
just the install user.

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