From: Gabriele Bartolini <Gabriele.Bartolini@2ndQuadrant.it>
To: prakhar jauhari <prak840@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Does postgres user on linux need login permission?
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 10:33:01 +0200
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On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 13:28:47 +0530, prakhar jauhari <prak840@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I am using postgres9.2, on a linux 6.3 box.
> For start i created a user postgres on linux with login permission
> and no password.
I usually advice to set it up as a system user (see the -r option for
useradd) and access to it through the "root" user using sudo/su or
public SSH key authentication. Just leave it as is, with no password.
Cheers,
Gabriele
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