aports/main/postgresql/postgresql.pre-install, branch v3.11.5 Main aports tree main/postgresql: create postgres account 2019-07-23T09:27:10+00:00 Sören Tempel soeren+git@soeren-tempel.net 2019-07-22T17:57:36+00:00 16f9f0de85fd8a19ed735cc87cb9844dd4b52ac6 This change was made due to complains that /etc/passwd contains system accounts with login shells, postgres being one of them [0]. Setting the shell of the postgres account to /sbin/nologin was not deemed feasible as the official document suggests login in as the postgres user via su(1) [1]. Other Linux distribution (Debian, Gentoo, Arch) also create the account with a shell. Not creating the postgres account by default (via alpine-baselayout) and instead creating it on demand from the package was deemed a reasonable compromise. [0]: https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/issues/10579 [1]: https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/First_steps 
This change was made due to complains that /etc/passwd contains system
accounts with login shells, postgres being one of them [0].

Setting the shell of the postgres account to /sbin/nologin was not
deemed feasible as the official document suggests login in as the
postgres user via su(1) [1]. Other Linux distribution (Debian, Gentoo,
Arch) also create the account with a shell.

Not creating the postgres account by default (via alpine-baselayout) and
instead creating it on demand from the package was deemed a reasonable
compromise.

[0]: https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/issues/10579
[1]: https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/First_steps