[chef] Re: Adding user to postgres installation

[Adam Jacob <adam@opscode.com>]

On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 7:20 PM, Joe Van Dyk<joe@fixieconsulting.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Seems like the postgresql cookbook should create a user when the
> server is installed, or at least have some placeholder code in there
> for it.
>
> Would running a shell command (createuser) in the recipe file be all
> that's necessary?

Yes.  I would take this a step further, and have it be driven by
attributes.  That way people could set up a role with an override to
add more users, etc.

Adam

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