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Bug 28163 - Default user for PostgreSQL databases should be 'postgres'

Summary:	Default user for PostgreSQL databases should be 'postgres'

Status: RESOLVED FIXED Product: MediaWiki Classification: Unclassified Component: Installer (Other open bugs) Version: 1.18.x Hardware: All All Importance: Normal enhancement (vote) Target Milestone: --- Assigned To: Nobody - You can work on this! URL: Whiteboard: Keywords: Depends on: Blocks: postgres   Show dependency tree / graph		Reported: 2011-03-21 19:38 UTC by Greg Sabino Mullane Modified: 2012-08-04 20:49 UTC (History) CC List: 2 users (show) greg innocentkiller See Also: Web browser: --- Mobile Platform: --- Assignee Huggle Beta Tester: ---

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Description Greg Sabino Mullane 2011-03-21 19:38:01 UTC Postgres does not allow root to run Postgres, and this a username of 'root' is extraordinarily unlikely to be seen. Almost all distros create a 'postgres' user as the default superuser, so that should be used instead. Comment 1 Greg Sabino Mullane 2011-03-21 19:39:07 UTC Fixed in r84450