On Wed, 2010-06-30 at 16:13 -0400, Maria L. Wilson wrote:
> and what would be those "extremely specific purposes"?

Needed to modify files that are within the cluster directory
(postgresql.conf) or needing to stop/start PostgreSQL which could be
done with sudo without allowing login.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake
> >   

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