On Mon, 23 Dec 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> PostgreSQL is designed to _not_ require root access, so we just make
> everything owned by the install user. I don't see how group checks can
> help there. Also, there is no postgres group, at least by default, and
> no special handling based on group, though we do allow group permissions
> on the /tmp socket file.
FWIW, I know the FreeBSD port creates both a pgsql user and a pgsql group.
I have seen evidence that some Linux distributions create a postgres user.