OK, what I didn't want to do we to over-complexify something that is for
only a few users. In a way that user has to be special for this case
because of the requirement that at least one person be able to connect
when you flip that flag.
Also, I don't want to add a column to pg_shadow. Seems like overkill.
Please suggest another name for the file.
Basically, I am not going to stop working on something when one person
objects or this will never get done, and I think we have had enough
feedback on this that people do want this done.
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Bruce Momjian writes:
>
> > I had to add to initdb to create a file /data/PG_INSTALLER and have the
> > postmaster read that on startup to determine the installing user.
>
> I object to treating one user specially. There should be a general
> mechanism, such as a separate column in pg_shadow.
>
> I also object to fixing the name during initdb. We just got rid of that
> requirement.
>
> If it mattered, I would also object to the choice of the file name.
>
> --
> Peter Eisentraut peter_e@gmx.net
>
>
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