> Is it possible to install and then subsequently run the postgres engine on > Linux without creating the postgres user and group? We have some folks > implementing LDAP that are resistant to creating a postgres account and > group and would rather create machine specific accounts (like one does for > Windows with SQL Server). > > I always thought that if the postgres user and group were not there upon > install (which is done as root), that the installation process would create > them for you, am I missing something? > > Thanks for any input that will provide me with ample ammunition to thwart > this silly idea. > > Joe Plugge
Is there any problem with configuring postgres user and group in /etc/passwd and /etc/group respectively? You can configure PAM to accept user authentication from multiple sources. See e. g. http://ldots.org/ldap/ -- Zdeněk Bělehrádek -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
