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@@ -5,3 +5,10 @@ database for enterprise level open source solutions.
Before you can run postgresql you'll need to create the database;
please see README.SBo.
+
+You need a "postgres" user and group prior to building postgresql.
+Something like this will suffice for most systems:
+ groupadd -g 209 postgres
+ useradd -u 209 -g 209 -d /var/lib/pgsql postgres
+Feel free to use a different uid and gid if desired, but 209 is
+recommended to avoid conflicts with other stuff from SlackBuilds.org.