Hi Adrian, Thank you for the link to the documentation however it is the UID and GID of 1001:1001 that is required, not the username which I believe this is intended for? Is there a similar option for UID and GID? Apologies if my original question was not clear in this manner.
Zac ________________________________ From: Adrian Klaver <adrian.kla...@aklaver.com> Sent: Monday, 14 October 2024 2:46 PM To: Zac Warham <cazwar...@hotmail.com>; pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org <pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org> Subject: Re: Changing postgres User On 10/14/24 13:11, Zac Warham wrote: > Hi, > > We are trying to setup a postgresql Docker container alongside pgadmin > and caddy for use in the PrairieLearn student testing software. Our main > set back is that the PrairieLearn production environment user runs as > user 1001:1001 and as such we have had to rename the postgres user > within Linux to 1001 and alter the credentials management significantly. Why? Per: https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.postgresql.org%2Fdocs%2Fcurrent%2Fapp-initdb.html&data=05%7C02%7C%7C545e2e2790694e5ec81a08dcec99ba83%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638645392223140652%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=LNVisA1Cm%2BK8twl9PxP18kl8zcDsgo77ySEvtIuXfZI%3D&reserved=0<https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/app-initdb.html> You can have the initdb create the cluster as any user: "-U username --username=username Sets the user name of the bootstrap superuser. This defaults to the name of the operating-system user running initdb. " > > We are currently brainstorming some better ways but if anyone has any > suggestions on easier ways to make these changes then we would > appreciate them. The code is open source and can be viewed here - > https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2FPrairieLearn%2FPrairieLearn%2Fpull%2F10713&data=05%7C02%7C%7C545e2e2790694e5ec81a08dcec99ba83%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638645392223163417%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=3Rj3%2BG4PYJIEzymBaKdl%2BbkooYroK7HzH3M2eHM2f8Y%3D&reserved=0<https://github.com/PrairieLearn/PrairieLearn/pull/10713> > <https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2FPrairieLearn%2FPrairieLearn%2Fpull%2F10713&data=05%7C02%7C%7C545e2e2790694e5ec81a08dcec99ba83%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638645392223177366%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=gy3LgO2pe7FhiL28lfLfNBO8Y1%2B2BDunSR%2FDsFE8wyU%3D&reserved=0<https://github.com/PrairieLearn/PrairieLearn/pull/10713>> > > Thanks, > Zac -- Adrian Klaver adrian.kla...@aklaver.com
