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    <p>It's my personal opinion that security debates with different database technologies are often entirely unfounded and in many cases, those who are quick to point the finger at one or the other likely fail to realize that the reason for a data spillage wasn't because of the database, but because they didn't properly secure their application, but can't admit fault, thus placing blame elsewhere. At least that's every security debate I've had thus far over any database technology.</p> <p>A good example, SQL injection is not the database fault at all, ever. SQL is a standardized language, accepted by both MySQL and PostgreSQL (and Oracle, and others...). SQL injection is the manipulation of the Structured Query Language, not a server security flaw. The fact that the application did not properly sanitize input is the reason for it. You can't argue that one database that uses the same standardized language is any less secure against unintended query manipulation than another database that uses the same techonology, so whoever told you that SQL injection is more of a problem with one of these two databases clearly doesn't understand what exactly SQL injection is.</p> <p>With regards to running PostgreSQL as root, you shouldn't run either as root. Running a service on a server as the root user is always a bad idea, again, nothing related to the servers.</p> <p>I have very little experience with PostgreSQL, but I will say that MySQL has an outstanding permission system in place that allows users to be delegated a set of available commands, on a specific list of databases, on a select list client hosts. PostgreSQL may be done differently than that, but I'd be hard pressed to accept that one's security when related to authentication and user accounts is leaps and bounds over the other.</p>
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    1. COOlder versions of PostgreSQL actually refused to run under root (or as Administrator on Windows). In newer versions, it will drop all elevated privileges from the process at least under Windows - even if started with "Admin" rights
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