On 12/30/16 3:59 AM, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> I wonder if I missed part of the discussions around this, so maybe my
> understanding of the cases where this occurs is wrong, but isn't it the
> case of pretty much all (or actually) all the packaged versions of
> postgresql out there (debian, redhat etc) that they do the right thing,
> as in that they create "postgres" as a system user?
If you install a package but the user already exists, then the package
will just use that user. So just using a package is not a guarantee
that everything will be alright.
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