On Sun, 17 May 1998, Peter Mount wrote:
> > However, you DO want the postmaster to be started by user postgres
> > within the startup scripts.
>
> Postgres will not run as root - it kills itself on purpose if you try.
I think that's very wise!
Brett W. McCoy
http://www.lan2wan.com/~bmccoy/
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