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Fix path to initdb in installation instructions.

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General cleanup for 7.0.
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Thomas G. Lockhart
2000-04-07 13:30:58 +00:00
parent b2096a5512
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$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/notation.sgml,v 1.8 2000/03/31 03:27:41 thomas Exp $
$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/notation.sgml,v 1.9 2000/04/07 13:30:58 thomas Exp $
-->
<sect1 id="terminology">
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binaries and database files. As the database superuser, all
protection mechanisms may be bypassed and any data accessed
arbitrarily.
In addition, the <Productname>Postgres</Productname> superuser is allowed to execute
In addition, the <Productname>Postgres</Productname> superuser is
allowed to execute
some support programs which are generally not available to all users.
Note that the <Productname>Postgres</Productname> superuser is
<emphasis>not</emphasis>
the same as the Unix superuser (which will be referred to as <firstterm>root</firstterm>).
The superuser should have a non-zero user identifier (<firstterm>UID</firstterm>)
for security reasons.
the same as the Unix superuser (which will be referred to as
<firstterm>root</firstterm>).
The superuser should have a non-zero user identifier
(<firstterm>UID</firstterm>) for security reasons.
</para>
<para>
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In a command synopsis, brackets
(<quote>[</quote> and <quote>]</quote>) indicate an optional phrase or keyword.
Anything in braces
(<quote>{</quote> and <quote>}</quote>) and containing vertical bars (<quote>|</quote>)
(<quote>{</quote> and <quote>}</quote>) and containing vertical bars
(<quote>|</quote>)
indicates that you must choose one.
</para>
<para>
In examples, parentheses (<quote>(</quote> and <quote>)</quote>) are used to group boolean
In examples, parentheses (<quote>(</quote> and <quote>)</quote>) are
used to group boolean
expressions. <quote>|</quote> is the boolean operator OR.
</para>
<para>
Examples will show commands executed from various accounts and programs.
Commands executed from the root account will be preceeded with <quote>&gt;</quote>.
Commands executed from the root account will be preceeded with
<quote>&gt;</quote>.
Commands executed from the <Productname>Postgres</Productname>
superuser account will be preceeded with <quote>%</quote>, while commands
executed from an unprivileged user's account will be preceeded with
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<note>
<para>
At the time of writing (<Productname>Postgres</Productname> v6.5) the notation for
flagging commands is not universally consistant throughout the documentation set.
At the time of writing (<Productname>Postgres</Productname> v7.0)
the notation for
flagging commands is not universally consistant throughout the
documentation set.
Please report problems to
<ulink url="mailto:docs@postgresql.org">the Documentation Mailing List</ulink>.
</para>