| From: | "Brett W(dot) McCoy" <bmccoy(at)lan2wan(dot)com> |
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| To: | Peter Mount <pgsqladmin(at)retep(dot)org(dot)uk> |
| Cc: | pgsql-admin(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [ADMIN] postgresql-6.3.2 question |
| Date: | 1998-05-17 23:10:45 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.3.96.980517191016.866A-100000@dragosani.lan2wan.com |
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On Sun, 17 May 1998, Peter Mount wrote:
> > However, you DO want the postmaster to be started by user postgres
> > within the startup scripts.
>
> Postgres will not run as root - it kills itself on purpose if you try.
I think that's very wise!
Brett W. McCoy
http://www.lan2wan.com/~bmccoy/
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