client-server

[David Merrill]

On Fri, Dec 22, 2000 at 02:30:21PM -0600, linas@linas.org wrote:
> It's been rumoured that David Merrill said:
> > 
> > On Fri, Dec 22, 2000 at 01:09:10PM -0600, linas@linas.org wrote:
> > > is discussion in the postgres community about 'embedded' postgres,
> > 
> > Yes, that's how it works in pg, also. Each user has their own default
> > database which is named after their username, and can only access
> > other databases which they create or which the postgres admin
> > specifically grants them permissions on.
> 
> Hmm, I thought the deal with 'embedded' postgres, there wouldn't be a
> separate uid/gid for the admin, that it would all be under the user's
> id.  
> 
> viz, the idea being, that if gnucash used pg, we wouldn't have to
> teach my grandma how to be a db admin.  And also to avoid the
> possible failures of install scripts run as root that don't
> quite manage to configure everything right because your linux distro
> is slightly weird ...
> 
> gnucash is hard enough to install already ...

That is probably true for embedded pg, but not for the multiuser,
full-blown postgres.

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