| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
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| To: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Lamar Owen <lamar(dot)owen(at)wgcr(dot)org>, "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>, Ron Snyder <snyder(at)roguewave(dot)com>, Neil Conway <nconway(at)klamath(dot)dyndns(dot)org>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Open 7.3 items |
| Date: | 2002-08-14 17:16:46 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.44.0208141915060.20055-100000@localhost.localdomain |
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Bruce Momjian writes:
> I had to add to initdb to create a file /data/PG_INSTALLER and have the
> postmaster read that on startup to determine the installing user.
I object to treating one user specially. There should be a general
mechanism, such as a separate column in pg_shadow.
I also object to fixing the name during initdb. We just got rid of that
requirement.
If it mattered, I would also object to the choice of the file name.
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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net
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