On Tue, 27 Oct 1998, Thomas G. Lockhart wrote:
> > Hmmm. That's how I do it, although it *is* a PITA to chown everything
> > to do the regression tests. It just seems odd to have one package
> > install this way when all the other packages I install are done from
> > root.
>
> There is a security exposure to running the server as root. Other
> packages can make their own security arrangements; this is ours.
I understand that, and I *don't* run it as root, I only install it
as root. After it's installed I chown it to postgres which is what
many other packages do. I also do everything from /usr/local/src/
instead of /usr/src. IMO, /usr/src is no place for users to be
putting or building files. It's also alot easier to back up the local
tree and be done with it. But these are just my preferences. If
someone else wants to build it in / that's their business.
Vince.
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