-----Original Message-----
From: "Andrew Dunstan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Dave Page" <dpage@vale-housing.co.uk>
Cc: "Gevik Babakhani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "pgsql-hackers"
<pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Sent: 25/07/06 17:21
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] root/administartor user check option.
Dave Page wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Gevik Babakhani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "pgsql-hackers" <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
> Sent: 25/07/06 11:27
> Subject: [HACKERS] root/administartor user check option.
> Or does it abandon
privileges without switching personality (if that's possible)?
Yes. It drops all privileges when pg_ctl (or initdb) starts, but remains
running as the original user. The OS doesn't allow those privileges to be
regained.
/D
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