> Now during installation, the user 'postgres' will be created if it doesnt > already exist. And these 2 users (user1, postgres) will have write > permissions to each other's home directories. > > > Please tell me if my understanding so far is correct and if you can > enlighten me further. I think there might be some confusion over your use of the word "user". There are two main types of users when we talk about postgresql. There's system users and database users. System users typically have a login and a shell on the operating system. Postgres needs at least one system user to launch the database process. The database files should be owned by only this user. Database users do not need a login and shell on the operating system. Instead they connect to postgresql using tcp/ip or some other means and can interact with the database that way. This user does not need to have a shell account or permissions to the filesystem where the database files are located. Typically, you'd install postgresql and have the postgres user run the server process. Then you'd create database users that can access the functionality of the database. Just like with Apache Web Server, there is the apache user which starts the server process while you can control web page access using HTTP Basic authentication via a htpasswd file. These users are not "system" users. AJ -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
