Re: Ownership/protection (was Re: [HACKERS] Portability)

On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, Tom Lane wrote:

> ./configure
> make
> su root
> make install
> initdb --owner=postgres --pgdata=whatever
> exit from su
> start postmaster

./configure --with-pguser=postgres
make
sudo make install

is what I've been pushing for.  That way when you do the installation
it'll happen something like

/usr/bin/install -c -d -g postgres -o postgres FILE-TO-BE-INSTALLED

the -c copies, the -d creates the missing directories, different install
programs do things differently.  The -g and -o come from the configure
switch --with-pguser and maybe even --with-pggroup.  The defaults should
be postgres for both.  initdb can then have those values built in, yet
overridable.

Vince.
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