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Re: Big 7.1 open items

Ed Loehr <eloehr@austin.rr.com>

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From: Ed Loehr <eloehr@austin.rr.com>
To: Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com>
Cc: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>, "Sergio A. Kessler" <sak@tribctas.gba.gov.ar>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2000-06-13T15:00:52Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
Vince Vielhaber wrote:
> 
> > > [...]
> > > >   new location for config files
> > >
> > > can I suggest /etc/postgresql ?
> >
> > you can ... but everything related to postgresql has always been designed
> > not to require any special permissions to install, and /etc/postgresql
> > would definitely require root access to install :(
> 
> ~postgres/etc ??

I would suggest you don't *require* or assume the creation of a postgres
user, except as an overridable default.

Regards,
Ed Loehr