Changing username of postgresql port

Vivek Khera vivek at khera.org
Mon Mar 21 06:45:37 PST 2005


On Mar 18, 2005, at 10:11 PM, Palle Girgensohn wrote:

> Actually, it might even be A Good Thing (tm) to keep them separated, 
> so ppl won't mix them up. I installed postgresql on a windows system 
> yesterday (first time hardly ever use the OS). Anyway, the installer 
> stressed that there shoudl be a system user and postgres super user, 
> and that shoudl prefereably *not* be the same. That said, on unix it 
> is a bit practical to keep them the same, I guess.
>
> And I guess you want to be able to configure both user names?
>

In my wild youth, I used to care, but now in my old age, I really don't 
care what the system username/userid is.  :-)

Thanks for looking at my patch, and for keeping the port up-to-date.

Vivek Khera, Ph.D.
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