Re: Starting postmaster in rc.local/during bootup - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Chris Boget
Subject Re: Starting postmaster in rc.local/during bootup
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Msg-id 01af01c29ad3$96570ee0$8c01a8c0@ENTROPY
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In response to Re: Starting postmaster in rc.local/during bootup  ("Shridhar Daithankar" <shridhar_daithankar@persistent.co.in>)
Responses Re: Starting postmaster in rc.local/during bootup
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> > But as far as I can tell, PG doesn't have the --user option.  Is
> > there some way like the above that I can start PG w/o giving
> > user postgres a shell?
> I don't know exactly but what happens if you specify something like /bin/true
> as shell? Does that work?

I've not heard of /bin/true as a shell.  But again, I'm still a linux newbie.  What
I've set up for all the users on the system who I don't to give shell access to is
/sbin/nologin

thnx,
Chris


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