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From David G. Johnston
Subject Re: Seeking the correct term of art for the (unique) role that is usually called "postgres"—and the mental model that underlies it all
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In response to Seeking the correct term of art for the (unique) role that is usually called "postgres"—and the mental model that underlies it all  (Bryn Llewellyn <bryn@yugabyte.com>)
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On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 6:33 PM Bryn Llewellyn <bryn@yugabyte.com> wrote:
The descriptive designation "the role that owns the SQL part of the implementation of PostgreSQL" is too much of a mouthful for daily use. 

Don't think it's documented but I like "bootstrap user" which I've seen bandied about here a bit.

It isn't that special but if the bootstrap user name and o/s user name are not the same name then you've broken an almost universal convention that exists to make stuff like logging it with peer authentication work better.

David J.


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