On 12/30/16 3:59 AM, Magnus Hagander wrote: > I wonder if I missed part of the discussions around this, so maybe my > understanding of the cases where this occurs is wrong, but isn't it the > case of pretty much all (or actually) all the packaged versions of > postgresql out there (debian, redhat etc) that they do the right thing, > as in that they create "postgres" as a system user?
If you install a package but the user already exists, then the package will just use that user. So just using a package is not a guarantee that everything will be alright. -- Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
