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Create the <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> superuser account. |
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This is the user the server will run as. For production use you |
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should create a separate, unprivileged account |
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(<literal>postgres</literal> is |
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commonly used). If you do not have root access or just want to play around, |
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(<literal>postgres</literal> is commonly used). |
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If you do not have root access or just want to play around, |
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your own user account is enough. |
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</para> |
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<para> |
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Running <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> as |
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<literal>tera</literal>teral>, <literal>bin</literal>, |
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<literal>root</literal>, <literal>bin</literal>, |
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or any other account with special access rights is a security risk; |
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<emphasis>don't do it</emphasis>. The postmaster will in fact refuse |
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to start as root. |
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to start as <literal>root</literal>. |
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</para> |
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<para> |
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You need not do the building and installation itself under this account |
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