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As with any server daemon that is accessible to the outside world,
it is advisable to run <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> under a
separate user account. This user account should only own the data
that is managed by the server, and should not be shared with other
daemons. (For example, using the user <code class="literal">nobody</code> is a bad
idea.) In particular, it is advisable that this user account not own
the <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> executable files, to ensure
that a compromised server process could not modify those executables.
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Pre-packaged versions of <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> will
typically create a suitable user account automatically during
package installation.
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To add a Unix user account to your system, look for a command
<code class="command">useradd</code> or <code class="command">adduser</code>. The user
name <span class="systemitem">postgres</span> is often used, and is assumed
throughout this book, but you can use another name if you like.
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