Re: Open 7.3 items

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > How about if we just document that they have to create a
> > postgres@template1 user before flipping the switch.  That way, there is
> > no special user, no PG_INSTALLER file, and no double-tests for user
> > names.
> 
> ... and no useful superuser account; if you can't connect to anything
> except template1 then you ain't much of a superuser.
> 
> To get around that you'd have to create postgres@db1, postgres@db2,
> postgres@db3, etc etc.  This would be a huge pain in the neck; I think
> it'd render the scheme impractical.  (Keep in mind that anybody who'd be
> interested in this feature at all has probably got quite a number of
> databases to contend with.)

Yes, I hear you, but that brings us around full-circle to the original
patch with one super-user who is the install user. 

I don't know where else to go with the patch at this point.  I think
increasing the number of 'global' users is polluting the namespace too
much, and having none seems to be unappealing.  This is why I am back to
just the install user.

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