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Subject: Re: Installing Postgres without the postgres user and group on Linux?
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:44:05 +0000
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> Is it possible to install and then subsequently run the postgres engine on
> Linux without creating the postgres user and group?  We have some folks
> implementing LDAP that are resistant to creating a postgres account and
> group and would rather create machine specific accounts (like one does for
> Windows with SQL Server).
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> I always thought that if the postgres user and group were not there upon
> install (which is done as root), that the installation process would crea=
te
> them for you, am I missing something?
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> Thanks for any input that will provide me with ample ammunition to thwart
> this silly idea.
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> Joe Plugge

Is there any problem with configuring postgres user and group in /etc/passw=
d=20
and /etc/group respectively? You can configure PAM to accept user=20
authentication from multiple sources. See e. g. http://ldots.org/ldap/

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