Re: How to change the pgsql source code and build it??
@Craig Ringer, I am afraid I didn't understand your solution.
The scenario I am having is a system which has only user as root. I have all the permissions and privileges of the system as the user is root. But pgsql doesn't allow initdb to be executed by root.
I think the solution you proposed gives root permissions for a non-root user.
But I believe, I am looking forward for the exact opposite of it. In other words, a possible work around for a root user to execute certain executable(s) as an unprivileged user.
Please clarify if I am wrong in my understanding.
On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 9:49 PM, Craig Ringer <craig@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
On 06/13/2014 07:08 AM, Shreesha wrote:Assuming there's no way around doing this (it's generally not a good
> I need to initialize the db as the root and start the database server
idea), you can just use the simple program 'fakeroot'.
This program changes the return values from system calls via LD_PRELOAD,
so PostgreSQL thinks that the user it is running as isn't root. It's
commonly used in testing and packaging systems.
http://man.he.net/man1/fakeroot
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