Default user 'postgres' not mentioned in the documentation?
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Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/postgres-user.html
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Hi
I'm a newbie and may be asking stupid questions... but
shouldn't it be mentioned in the official documentation on this page
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/postgres-user.html
that postgresql upon installation automatically creates a system-user that's
called 'postgres' ?
I thought it was odd that I had to find that information on other websites
Now I'm still confused, if the docs want to tell me I should create yet
another user for safety reasons or if that's not necessary...
Thanks for clarification, any comment is valuable to me
Best regards
PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org> writes:
I'm a newbie and may be asking stupid questions... but
shouldn't it be mentioned in the official documentation on this page
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/postgres-user.html
that postgresql upon installation automatically creates a system-user that's
called 'postgres' ?
No, because Postgres as distributed by us does no such thing.
Many vendors' packagings of Postgres create such a user (as is also
often true of their packagings of other service-type software). But
it's up to the package's documentation to tell you about that. Look
for a README-type file installed by the package.
regards, tom lane