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Installer reports command not found when run without root

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Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Newbie friendliness
90/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
shell
Domain
devops

Research direction

Start with postgres/scripts/install.sh and trace the non-root privilege check through handle_error and log. Run the distributed installer without root or sudo; done means it prints the intended privilege guidance and exits nonzero instead of reporting log: command not found.

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Description

Problem\n\npostgres/scripts/install.sh calls handle_error for the non-root check before it defines log. handle_error invokes log, so running the distributed installer without root exits with log: command not found instead of the intended privilege guidance.\n\n## Expected behavior\n\nA non-root invocation should print the stated instruction to rerun as root or via sudo, then exit nonzero.\n\n## Scope\n\nThe logger needs to be defined before the privilege check.

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