Re: [HACKERS] text patch -- sugg cmd when run as root - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Brett McCormick
Subject Re: [HACKERS] text patch -- sugg cmd when run as root
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Msg-id 13656.45880.117123.417784@abraxas.scene.com
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] text patch -- sugg cmd when run as root  (Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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beautiful -- it turns out that it was my mistake (I am very used to
bash) and vanilla sh does not handle tcsh-style redirection, as in:

command >& file

On Tue, 12 May 1998, at 16:17:28, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> I have changed the text to:
>
> \n\"root\" execution of the PostgreSQL backend is not permitted.\n\n\
> The backend must be started under it's own userid to prevent\n\
> a possible system security compromise. See the INSTALL file for\n\
> more information on how to properly start the postmaster.\n\n"

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