"Dominic J. Eidson" wrote:
  >On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Oliver Elphick wrote:
  >
  >> It seems to me that the main reason for the problem is the need to
  >> cater for non-root installs.  I would really like to know what
  >
  >PostgreSQL will _not_ run as root. Just try... :)
 
I'm talking about the installation, not execution.

By default, PostgreSQL will install in /usr/local/pgsql; most people
will need root privilege to create that directory.

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