From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 21 14:45:37 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8DA416A4CE for ; Mon, 21 Mar 2005 14:45:37 +0000 (GMT) Received: from yertle.kcilink.com (yertle.kcilink.com [65.205.34.180]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DC8143D31 for ; Mon, 21 Mar 2005 14:45:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from vivek@khera.org) Received: from [192.168.7.103] (host-103.int.kcilink.com [192.168.7.103]) by yertle.kcilink.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 722C2B857 for ; Mon, 21 Mar 2005 09:45:34 -0500 (EST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619.2) In-Reply-To: <79D169B0863C4D6DD7815DE8@palle.girgensohn.se> References: <20050314094909.GA1080@tongi.org> <22FD04521EA81D6E4C8D2402@rambutan.pingpong.net> <79D169B0863C4D6DD7815DE8@palle.girgensohn.se> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Vivek Khera Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 09:45:34 -0500 To: FreeeBSD Ports X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619.2) Subject: Re: Changing username of postgresql port X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 14:45:37 -0000 On Mar 18, 2005, at 10:11 PM, Palle Girgensohn wrote: > Actually, it might even be A Good Thing (tm) to keep them separated, > so ppl won't mix them up. I installed postgresql on a windows system > yesterday (first time hardly ever use the OS). Anyway, the installer > stressed that there shoudl be a system user and postgres super user, > and that shoudl prefereably *not* be the same. That said, on unix it > is a bit practical to keep them the same, I guess. > > And I guess you want to be able to configure both user names? > In my wild youth, I used to care, but now in my old age, I really don't care what the system username/userid is. :-) Thanks for looking at my patch, and for keeping the port up-to-date. Vivek Khera, Ph.D. +1-301-869-4449 x806