[pgpool-hackers: 4413] Re: Why pgpool.conf value of recovery_user is set to 'nobody'?

[Sadhuprasad Patro]

On Mon, Jan 1, 2024 at 12:05 PM Sadhuprasad Patro <b.sadhu at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Wish you all a Very Happy New Year...
>
> Few parameters like recover_user, wd_lifecheck_user &
> health_check_user0, in PgPool.conf file have default value as
> 'nobody'. But in the code, the same has been set to zero-length
> character string or NULL string...
>
> Why is it like this? Is there any specific reason?
>
> In most cases, I have seen default values also can be a NULL string.
> Can this same be followed in pgpool also?
>


Can someone please  share an opinion on these pgpool.conf values
mentioned above?
And Shall we change the default to NULL String?

Thanks & Regards
SadhuPrasad