Well, no actual "design decision" is made yet. Just testing... ...actually, in embedded, minimalistic environments, I don't think it's unusual to have one and only one user. /Fredrik -----Original Message----- From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: den 30 augusti 2006 15:17 To: Fredrik Israelsson Cc: pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL on system with root as only user "Fredrik Israelsson" <fredrik.israelsson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I am about to install PostgreSQL on a minimal Linux system, where root > is the only user that is allowed to exist. You've *got* to be kidding. That's possibly the stupidest system design decision I've ever heard ... what is the point of disallowing non-root userids? It certainly can't improve system security to run everything as root. regards, tom lane
