> On Sun, 17 May 1998, The Hermit Hacker wrote:
>
> > Why? Once you've added the postgres user, with his home
> > directory, the postgres users himself should be able to do the complete
> > install...
>
> Except for setting up the libraries and letting ldconfig know where they
> are. Actua
> I've installed it both ways:
>
> * As root, when installing under /usr/local
> * As postgres, when installing under /home/postgres
>
> The only thing I have yet to find how to setup without root, is starting
> the postmaster when the system boots.
You can use a cron-job for this. Let it tes
On Sun, 17 May 1998, Brett W. McCoy wrote:
> On Sun, 17 May 1998, The Hermit Hacker wrote:
>
> > Why? Once you've added the postgres user, with his home
> > directory, the postgres users himself should be able to do the complete
> > install...
>
> Except for setting up the libraries and le
On Sun, 17 May 1998, Peter Mount wrote:
> > However, you DO want the postmaster to be started by user postgres
> > within the startup scripts.
>
> Postgres will not run as root - it kills itself on purpose if you try.
I think that's very wise!
Brett W. McCoy
On Sun, 17 May 1998, Brett W. McCoy wrote:
> On Sun, 17 May 1998, Peter Mount wrote:
>
> > I've installed it both ways:
> >
> > * As root, when installing under /usr/local
> > * As postgres, when installing under /home/postgres
> >
> > The only thing I have yet to find how to setup without r
On Sun, 17 May 1998, Peter Mount wrote:
> I've installed it both ways:
>
> * As root, when installing under /usr/local
> * As postgres, when installing under /home/postgres
>
> The only thing I have yet to find how to setup without root, is starting
> the postmaster when the system boots.
Fo
On Sun, 17 May 1998, The Hermit Hacker wrote:
> On Sun, 17 May 1998, Brett W. McCoy wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 17 May 1998, Andy Lewis wrote:
> >
> > > I'm not totall sure but, I wouldn't think that user postgres has enough system
> > > rights to install.
> >
> > You should be root when doing the ac
On Sun, 17 May 1998, The Hermit Hacker wrote:
> Why? Once you've added the postgres user, with his home
> directory, the postgres users himself should be able to do the complete
> install...
Except for setting up the libraries and letting ldconfig know where they
are. Actually, I had to
On Sun, 17 May 1998, Brett W. McCoy wrote:
> On Sun, 17 May 1998, Andy Lewis wrote:
>
> > I'm not totall sure but, I wouldn't think that user postgres has enough system
> > rights to install.
>
> You should be root when doing the actual software installation to
> /usr/local, but everything else
On Sun, 17 May 1998, Andy Lewis wrote:
> I'm not totall sure but, I wouldn't think that user postgres has enough system
> rights to install.
You should be root when doing the actual software installation to
/usr/local, but everything else should be done as the postgres user.
Brett W. McCoy
On Sun, 17 May 1998, Andy Lewis wrote:
> I'm not totall sure but, I wouldn't think that user postgres has enough system
> rights to install.
Everything for PostgreSQL gets installed, generally, in postgres
users home directory...I've never had a requirement to install as anything
but pos
I'm not totall sure but, I wouldn't think that user postgres has enough system
rights to install.
Andy
On Sat, 16 May 1998, The Hermit Hacker wrote:
>
>Hello,
>
>My question is this:
>
>Do I have to be user progres to install? Can I not use an existing user? If
>yes, is there any change to the
Hello,
My question is this:
Do I have to be user progres to install? Can I not use an existing user? If
yes, is there any change to the installation process?
Thank you in advance for your help.
Dave
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