X-Original-To: pgsql-docs-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [64.117.224.130]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56BBDD1C9E0 for ; Mon, 4 Aug 2003 16:31:16 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([64.117.224.193]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [64.117.224.130]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 28786-01 for ; Mon, 4 Aug 2003 13:29:59 -0300 (ADT) Received: from davinci.ethosmedia.com (209-128-84-228.bayarea.net [209.128.84.228]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44485D1C4C1 for ; Mon, 4 Aug 2003 13:31:05 -0300 (ADT) Received: from [63.195.55.98] (HELO spooky) by davinci.ethosmedia.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0.2) with ESMTP id 3474271; Mon, 04 Aug 2003 09:31:26 -0700 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Josh Berkus Organization: Aglio Database Solutions To: Ian Barwick , "Chad N. Tindel" , Roberto Mello Subject: Re: Mysql -> Postgresql pitfalls Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 09:29:13 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.3 Cc: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org References: <20030801163555.GA32496@calma.pair.com> <20030802171049.GB12300@calma.pair.com> <200308032019.57545.barwick@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <200308032019.57545.barwick@gmx.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: <200308040929.13270.josh@agliodbs.com> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200308/21 X-Sequence-Number: 1881 Folks, Are we actually arguing about whether or not Postmaster should be allowed to run as root? I thought this question was settled, like, 5 years ago. If migrating MySQL users have trouble with it, maybe we should focus on supplying a battery of sample startup and maintainence scripts for them instead of monkeying with PostgreSQL's security setup? -- Josh Berkus Aglio Database Solutions San Francisco