On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 11:41:00 +0200, Stefan Bayer <stefan.bayer@xxxxxxx> wrote: > I want to create the postgresql service user unattended (in a batch > process). How can I do that? Especially I couldn't create the right to logon > as service. > > What is the correct procedure to create a service user for postgresql and to > start the service in a batch (unattended) mode? The preferred method is ident authentication if your OS supports it for domain sockets and the batch job is running on the same server as postgres. Otherwise you can put the password in the pgpass file. See 27.12 of the 8.0 documentation.
