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Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 12:16:51 -0700
From: Steve Crawford <scrawford@pinpointresearch.com>
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To: Rama Krishnan <ramky25@gmail.com>, pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Default UID for postgres user in linux
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On 04/09/2014 06:28 AM, Rama Krishnan wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> While installing postgres, a user named "postgres" will be 
> automatically created.
> What is the default UID for postgres user in linux ?
>
There isn't one. PostgreSQL isn't in charge of assigning user-names or 
passwords and the user under which it runs does not have to be postgres.

Many Linux distributions will create a "postgres" user with PostgreSQL 
is installed but the UID can vary depending on distribution and the 
order that services were installed. I just looked at a few of my 
machines and found UIDs of 114, 106, 107, 26, ... and a similar 
variation in GID.

Cheers,
Steve


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