Re: Installation of Postgres 10.0 and running application with HA without postgres user at OS

From: Ron <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-admin(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Installation of Postgres 10.0 and running application with HA without postgres user at OS
Date: 2019-03-01 06:07:16
Message-ID: d66a1513-61db-a616-1f63-45bf0b07e02a@gmail.com
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On 2/28/19 11:07 PM, soumitra bhandary wrote:
> Hi ,
>
> I am using RHEL to install Postgres 10 and setting up replication . But in
> my OS no postgres user exists . Installed it with sudo access . Can I run
> the postgres DB with all it's utility (like psql, vaccumdb , pg_rewind ,
> initdb etc.) along with Master slave replication, archival process without
> postgres user.

How are you installing it?  (Packages will automatically create Linux
account "postgres".)

> If it can be done , do I need to follow any extra step to the os user
> apart from postgres ?
>
> Is there any way to skip postgres os user ?

Why?

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