> I am about to install PostgreSQL on a minimal Linux system, where root > is the only user that is allowed to exist. I would prefer to use a > binary installer. Is it possible to install PostgreSQL without the > postgres user? PostgreSQL refuses to start up as root user for security reasons (this is a feature). If you know what you're doing and you want to disable that feature you need to recompile from source and disable the uid checks in src/backend/main/main.c. Unless you're working in the embedded space or some such thing, I don't think it's a good idea, anyway. Bye :) Chris. -- Chris Mair http://www.1006.org
