Re: Seeking the correct term of art for the (unique) role that is usually called "postgres"—and the mental model that underlies it all

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> On Oct 26, 2022, at 7:11 PM, Ian Lawrence Barwick <barwick(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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> 2022年10月27日(木) 11:00 David G. Johnston <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>:
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>>> On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 6:33 PM Bryn Llewellyn <bryn(at)yugabyte(dot)com> wrote:
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>>> The descriptive designation "the role that owns the SQL part of the implementation of PostgreSQL" is too much of a mouthful for daily use.
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>> Don't think it's documented but I like "bootstrap user" which I've seen bandied about here a bit.
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> "bootstrap superuser" is also mentioned a few times in the docs, see e.g.:
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> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/sql-grant.html
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> This recent commit: e530be2c5ce77475d56ccf8f4e0c4872b666ad5f [1] might
> also be of interest
> to anyone considering the "special-ness" of this role.
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> [1] https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commit;h=e530be2c5ce77475d56ccf8f4e0c4872b666ad5f
> Regards
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> Ian Barwick
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>