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From: Ron <ronljohnsonjr@gmail.com>
To: pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Installation of Postgres 10.0 and running application with HA without postgres user at OS
Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2019 00:07:16 -0600
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On 2/28/19 11:07 PM, soumitra bhandary wrote:
> Hi ,
>
> I am using RHEL to install Postgres 10 and setting up replication . But in 
> my OS no postgres user exists . Installed it with sudo access . Can I run 
> the postgres DB with all it's utility (like psql, vaccumdb , pg_rewind , 
> initdb etc.) along with Master slave replication, archival process without 
> postgres user.

How are you installing it?  (Packages will automatically create Linux 
account "postgres".)

> If it can be done , do I need to follow any extra step to the os user 
> apart from postgres ?
>
> Is there any way to skip postgres os user ?

Why?


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