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://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://github.com/PrairieLearn/PrairieLearn/pull/10713 
> <https://github.com/PrairieLearn/PrairieLearn/pull/10713>
> 
> Thanks,
> Zac

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