Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1rMKkv-0042b4-8n for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Sun, 07 Jan 2024 04:27:25 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1rMKks-00DXvz-6g for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Sun, 07 Jan 2024 04:27:22 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:3e1:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1rMKkr-00DXvr-V7 for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Sun, 07 Jan 2024 04:27:21 +0000 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us ([68.162.161.243]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1rMKko-000Gx9-Ps for pgsql-docs@postgresql.org; Sun, 07 Jan 2024 04:27:20 +0000 Received: from sss1.sss.pgh.pa.us (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 4074RERl1491858; Sat, 6 Jan 2024 23:27:14 -0500 From: Tom Lane To: "David G. Johnston" cc: Bruce Momjian , PostgreSQL-documentation , =?UTF-8?Q?=C3=81lvaro_Herrera?= Subject: Re: initdb username doc bug In-reply-to: References: Comments: In-reply-to "David G. Johnston" message dated "Sat, 06 Jan 2024 20:34:57 -0700" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-ID: <1491856.1704601634.1@sss.pgh.pa.us> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2024 23:27:14 -0500 Message-ID: <1491857.1704601634@sss.pgh.pa.us> List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: Precedence: bulk "David G. Johnston" writes: > Or just the bit more verbose =E2=80=9Cuser running the initdb command=E2= =80=9D and don=E2=80=99t > bother giving it a label, which is basically the approach used in the > description for initdb anyway. Or if you want a few more words, "name of the operating-system user running initdb". I don't like "installation user", that's just about as vague as could be. regards, tom lane