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Date:      Mon, 21 Mar 2005 09:45:34 -0500
From:      Vivek Khera <vivek@khera.org>
To:        FreeeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: Changing username of postgresql port
Message-ID:  <d1a95714c3db25a2efdf25df0e9722c0@khera.org>
In-Reply-To: <79D169B0863C4D6DD7815DE8@palle.girgensohn.se>
References:  <20050314094909.GA1080@tongi.org> <22FD04521EA81D6E4C8D2402@rambutan.pingpong.net> <b4fe545e40a2b9055cad54d30f446611@khera.org> <79D169B0863C4D6DD7815DE8@palle.girgensohn.se>

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On Mar 18, 2005, at 10:11 PM, Palle Girgensohn wrote:

> Actually, it might even be A Good Thing (tm) to keep them separated, 
> so ppl won't mix them up. I installed postgresql on a windows system 
> yesterday (first time hardly ever use the OS). Anyway, the installer 
> stressed that there shoudl be a system user and postgres super user, 
> and that shoudl prefereably *not* be the same. That said, on unix it 
> is a bit practical to keep them the same, I guess.
>
> And I guess you want to be able to configure both user names?
>

In my wild youth, I used to care, but now in my old age, I really don't 
care what the system username/userid is.  :-)

Thanks for looking at my patch, and for keeping the port up-to-date.

Vivek Khera, Ph.D.
+1-301-869-4449 x806



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