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| -rw-r--r-- | src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_basebackup.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_basebackup.c b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_basebackup.c index 4e12cdb4467..2551cf38c91 100644 --- a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_basebackup.c +++ b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_basebackup.c @@ -2090,22 +2090,6 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) } } - /* - * Don't allow pg_basebackup to be run as root, to avoid creating files in - * the data directory with ownership rights incompatible with the - * postmaster. - */ -#ifndef WIN32 - if (geteuid() == 0) /* 0 is root's uid */ - { - pg_log_error("cannot be run as root"); - fprintf(stderr, - _("Please log in (using, e.g., \"su\") as the (unprivileged) user that will\n" - "own the server process.\n")); - exit(1); - } -#endif - atexit(cleanup_directories_atexit); while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "CD:F:r:RS:T:X:l:nNzZ:d:c:h:p:U:s:wWkvP", |