Christopher Kings-Lynne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I was asked on IRC just why we can't have user=postgres and > group=postgres in the postgresql.conf, and simply when we are run as > root, switch to that user and group.
I should think that running as root up until sometime after we have read postgresql.conf would open up more security issues. It's certainly not a way to close this one... regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match