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“I have read several posts and noticed the large number of questions about Postgres
so I decided to start from the beginning on how to get a PostgreSQL Database up
and running. I am also going to try to cover some of the most common questions
about startup and configuration.”
“… I highly recommend setting passwords for access to any database and setting passwords for any of
the users that may be created, most importantly any user that has rights to create other users as this
user has access to the entire postgres system. This includes the user postgres. This could be
devistating to your system as postgres can run C programs as procedures. Do I need to say any
more?”
I have read several posts and noticed the large number of questions about Postgres
so I decided to start from the beginning on how to get a PostgreSQL Database up
and running. I am also going to try to cover some of the most common questions
about startup and configuration.
