Re: apt installation postgresql 8.3 - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Kevin Grittner
Subject Re: apt installation postgresql 8.3
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Msg-id 4F15AB3702000025000448C0@gw.wicourts.gov
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In response to Re: apt installation postgresql 8.3  (Walter Hurry <walterhurry@lavabit.com>)
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Walter Hurry <walterhurry@lavabit.com> wrote:

> User postgres does *not* need to log in to Unix/Linux directly,
> and therefore should *not* be assigned a password.

I totally agree.  In fact, for most use-cases, you don't need or
want the users of the database to be able to log on to the box with
the database.  Let them connect remotely.

-Kevin

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