[webstack-discuss] PostgreSQL service permissions

[Josh Berkus]

David, All,

I think Jignesh's solution is the correct one.  It doesn't give the 
developer accounts any permissions they didn't already have: the 
PostgreSQL binaries are executable by any normal user.  It just adds 
convenience and management to each developer's ability to run a "private 
instance".

The only question is: how difficult would it be to do through SMF?  And 
should there be a separate service for "private instances", or should 
this all be the generic service?   I'd argue for the former, because 
there's a big difference in the results, and I wouldn't want to see an 
admin getting confused about which PostgresQL they were running because 
they forgot which shell they were in.

--Josh