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<chapter id="install">
Create the <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> superuser account.
This is the user the server will run as. For production use you
should create a separate, unprivileged account
- (<literal>postgres</literal> is
- commonly used). If you do not have root access or just want to play around,
+ (<literal>postgres</literal> is commonly used).
+ If you do not have root access or just want to play around,
your own user account is enough.
</para>
<para>
Running <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> as
- <literal>tera</literal>teral>, <literal>bin</literal>,
+ <literal>root</literal>, <literal>bin</literal>,
or any other account with special access rights is a security risk;
<emphasis>don't do it</emphasis>. The postmaster will in fact refuse
- to start as root.
+ to start as <literal>root</literal>.
</para>
<para>
You need not do the building and installation itself under this account