Re: Installation of postgresql database as root

> The documentation(s) did not specify anything about the above but is
it
>> absolutely necessary to install postgresql db as superuser root? Can
I
>> create a user (say postgres) and then install the postgresql?
>I guess the question is whether that user has write access
>to the target file-system(s) ...

Absolutely, the user (i.e. me) will have write access to the target
file-systems. Another question is does postgres user get automatically
created with the installation of progress or will the sysadmin have to
create that?



-- Cheers,
    Andrej



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