From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Jan-Peter Seifert <Jan-Peter.Seifert@gmx.de>
Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Windows xp initdb POSTGRES_SUPERUSERNAME
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:04:39 -0400
Message-ID: <28415.1214838279@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080630070518.323550@gmx.net>
References: <20080630070518.323550@gmx.net>
"Jan-Peter Seifert" <Jan-Peter.Seifert@gmx.de> writes:
> I wonder what this variable in initdb is about: POSTGRES_SUPERUSERNAME
> Apparently the default should be 'postgres'. However, the value changes with the user that is logged in whenever I use 'initdb --show'. If I login as 'xy' the value is 'xy'. Shouldn't this be a fixed value in the cluster?
No, that's exactly the expected behavior. The username of the user who
runs initdb is used.
regards, tom lane
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