Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1q5LNM-00030b-CA for pgsql-pkg-debian@arkaria.postgresql.org; Sat, 03 Jun 2023 07:08:36 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1q5LML-0002l6-5B for pgsql-pkg-debian@arkaria.postgresql.org; Sat, 03 Jun 2023 07:07:33 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:3e1:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1q5LMK-0002kx-U5 for pgsql-pkg-debian@lists.postgresql.org; Sat, 03 Jun 2023 07:07:32 +0000 Received: from feynman.df7cb.de ([195.49.152.168]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1q5LMH-003NsQ-NZ for pgsql-pkg-debian@postgresql.org; Sat, 03 Jun 2023 07:07:31 +0000 Received: from [IPv6:::1] (unknown [IPv6:2a02:3035:608:8c8f:12b6:b990:a31e:ecdd]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature ECDSA (P-384) server-digest SHA384) (Client did not present a certificate) by feynman.df7cb.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4QY9t74GFqz3F0n; Sat, 3 Jun 2023 09:07:27 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2023 09:07:25 +0200 From: Christoph Berg To: pgsql-pkg-debian@lists.postgresql.org, Don Seiler , pgsql-pkg-debian@postgresql.org Subject: Re: postgres user home dir User-Agent: K-9 Mail for Android In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <3AE83A09-6E05-4DC8-BAA7-4C447FB57887@df7cb.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=----DKSGTCTJJ13ZRQXMLN850Z2F5XQVZX Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: Precedence: bulk ------DKSGTCTJJ13ZRQXMLN850Z2F5XQVZX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Am 2=2E Juni 2023 20:08:33 MESZ schrieb Don Seiler : >Good afternoon all, > >Just writing to confirm that the postgresql-common package will _always_ >create the postgres user to have its home directory in /var/lib/postgresq= l? >Is that configurable at all? > >Thanks, >Don=2E > >--=20 >Don Seiler >www=2Eseiler=2Eus Hi Don, You can configure it by creating the user before installing the package=20 Christoph ------DKSGTCTJJ13ZRQXMLN850Z2F5XQVZX Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Am 2= =2E Juni 2023 20:08:33 MESZ schrieb Don Seiler <don@seiler=2Eus>:
Good afternoon all,

Just writing to co= nfirm that the postgresql-common package will _always_ create the postgres = user to have its home directory in /var/lib/postgresql? Is that configurabl= e at all?

Thanks,
Don=2E


Hi Don,

You = can configure it by creating the user before installing the package
Christoph
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