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Bug 43367 - post_inst in postgresql incorrectly recommends /bin/true as a shell for user postgres
Summary: post_inst in postgresql incorrectly recommends /bin/true as a shell for user ...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All All
: High major (vote)
Assignee: PgSQL Bugs
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Reported: 2004-03-01 04:11 UTC by Jeremy Huddleston (RETIRED)
Modified: 2007-09-22 23:16 UTC (History)
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Description Jeremy Huddleston (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-03-01 04:11:19 UTC 
If postgres' shell is /bin/true, /etc/init.d/postgresql will not start because we do a 'su - postgres -c ....' which won't work if /bin/true is the shell.
Comment 1 Jeremy Huddleston (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-04-05 00:55:47 UTC 
bumping severity as it's a QA issue...
Comment 2 Masatomo Nakano (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-04-30 20:52:31 UTC 
Fixed