Re: Installing PostgreSQL as "postgress" versus "root" Debate!

Tomeh, Husam wrote:
> I've seen book that prefer installing PostgreSQL as root and another
> one recommends otherwise by first creating a postgres account and
> then installing it as postgres. In the Oracle world, you don't use
> root to install the software. What is the best practice as far as
> PostgreSQL goes?

The current recommendation, which is reflected in the installation
instructions, is to install the software as root and to use the
postgres user for the database files.  The advice seen elsewhere in
this thread to use the postgres user also for the software files is
wrong.

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Peter Eisentraut
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