On 01/02/07 03:51 +0100, jacquita wrote:
> 
> After spending a fair amount of time exploring tinyerp on Linux and searching 
> in the forums I can't find any info about the proper (or recommended) user to 
> use for starting the tiny server.
> 
> It appears I can start it as any user, OR as root, OR as the postgres user.  
> In each case the ability for a client to connect to the server is affected.  
> The databases that are presented to the client are different and of course 
> the user logins are different.
> 
> Starting the tiny server as root seems a bad idea from a security standpoint. 
>  I would prefer a less privileged user for the tiny server user.
> 
> Also, I'm fairly new to the postgres db but have had plenty of experience 
> with other db's.  The relation of postgres user <> tiny server user <> client 
> user is a bit murky to me.  
> 
> Am I missing something in the docs, the forums and the wiki?  Any 
> enlightenment or pointers on this subject would be very much appreciated.
> 

By default tinyERP connect to database with the username of the unix
user. So if you specify "--db_user", it will use this username.


Cédric Krier

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