Re: two or more pg installations running as the same user

Grzegorz Jas'kiewicz wrote:
> hey folks,
>
> I am thinking about testing enviroment here, and gotta setup temporary
> instalation of postgres for that. More than one, because software
> operates on few different connections, to different databases.
> I know I can do it under same user, just by changing PGDATA/PGPORT
> before initdb gets to run. But will it be safe otherwise ?

Yep.

If they are different versions of postgres (eg 8.2/8.3), make sure you
initdb with the right one :)

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