Re: Installing Postgresql on Linux Friendlyarm - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Abelard Hoffman
Subject Re: Installing Postgresql on Linux Friendlyarm
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Msg-id CACEJHMh4E_HMAa8rZhB3Crt0M92WKVd0duYneb+AV6OG=OMRUw@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Installing Postgresql on Linux Friendlyarm  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 7:39 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
Xiang Gan <XiangGan@santaitech.com> writes:
> OK. So a stupid question, whether there is any possibility to run Postgresql as root? (I know this is forbidden generally. But what I find out is that in Linux FriendlyArm environment, root could create socket while non-root user does not have such privilege)

Typically, applications open the port as root and then change to low privilege for the actual service.
See also this thread:

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