Re: running postgresql with a different id other than postgres user

From: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Maki Smith (US - IFS)" <maki(dot)smith(at)pwc(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: running postgresql with a different id other than postgres user
Date: 2016-07-19 19:34:26
Message-ID: CAKFQuwYys+fSietKAa2h1GZcuRX7Co22DXBT+-9FNARB2tFk7g@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 3:16 PM, Maki Smith (US - IFS) <maki(dot)smith(at)pwc(dot)com>
wrote:

> To meet our security requirement, we would like to use another account
> other than postgres to install and run postgreSQL. Is this possible to do?
>
>
​You need to tell us by what method you intend to install PostgreSQL, and
on what platform, before this can be usefully answered.​

The documentation covers how to go about installing from source. It should
cover how to choose a label different than "postgres" if you so desire.

David J.

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