Create the
PostgreSQL superuser account.
This is the user the server will run as. For production use you
should create a separate, unprivileged account
- (postgres is
- commonly used). If you do not have root access or just want to play around,
+ (postgres is commonly used).
+ If you do not have root access or just want to play around,
your own user account is enough.
- terateral>, bin,
+ rootteral>, bin,
or any other account with special access rights is a security risk;
don't do it. The postmaster will in fact refuse
- to start as root.
+ to start as root.
You need not do the building and installation itself under this account