It's not a requirement, just a reasonable default. On Aug 7, 2010, at 11:09 AM, Martin Gainty wrote: > 3)eliminate the requirement to create a postgres user to execute the server binaries..I guess i never understood that requirement -- Scott Ribe scott_ribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.elevated-dev.com/ (303) 722-0567 voice -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general