On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 2:29 AM, Abelard Hoffman <abelardhoffman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Typically, applications open the port as root and then change to low > privilege for the actual service. > See also this thread: > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/413807/is-there-a-way-for-non-root-processes-to-bind-to-privileged-ports-1024-on-l Postgres does not use a privileged port, so this is not necessary. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general