Re: PostgreSQL on system with root as only user - Mailing list pgsql-general

On Wed, 2006-08-30 at 09:17 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> "Fredrik Israelsson" <fredrik.israelsson@eu.biotage.com> 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.


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>             regards, tom lane
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