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From: Adrian Klaver <[email protected]>
To: Zac Warham <[email protected]>
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Changing postgres User
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 16:38:01 -0700
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On 10/14/24 15:09, Zac Warham wrote:
> Hi Adrian,
> 
> Thank you for the link to the documentation however it is the UID and 
> GID of 1001:1001 that is required, not the username which I believe this 
> is intended for? Is there a similar option for UID and GID? Apologies if 
> my original question was not clear in this manner.

The UID/GID map to a user and group and that is what you care about.

> 
> Zac
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Adrian Klaver <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Monday, 14 October 2024 2:46 PM
> *To:* Zac Warham <[email protected]>; 
> [email protected] <[email protected]>
> *Subject:* Re: Changing postgres User
> On 10/14/24 13:11, Zac Warham wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> We are trying to setup a postgresql Docker container alongside pgadmin 
>> and caddy for use in the PrairieLearn student testing software. Our main 
>> set back is that the PrairieLearn production environment user runs as 
>> user 1001:1001 and as such we have had to rename the postgres user 
>> within Linux to 1001 and alter the credentials management significantly.
> 
> Why?
> 
> Per:
> 
> https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.postgresql.org%2Fdocs%2Fcurren... <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/app-initdb.html;
> 
> You can have the initdb create the cluster as any user:
> 
> "-U username
> --username=username
> 
>       Sets the user name of the bootstrap superuser. This defaults to the
> name of the operating-system user running initdb.
> "
> 
>> 
>> We are currently brainstorming some better ways but if anyone has any 
>> suggestions on easier ways to make these changes then we would 
>> appreciate them. The code is open source and can be viewed here - 
>> https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2FPrairieLearn%2FPrairi... <https://github.com/PrairieLearn/PrairieLearn/pull/10713;
>> <https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2FPrairieLearn%2FPrairi... <https://github.com/PrairieLearn/PrairieLearn/pull/10713>;
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Zac
> 
> -- 
> Adrian Klaver
> [email protected]
> 

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