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From: Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>
To: Julien Rouhaud <rjuju123@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Cc: Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>
Cc: Jonathan S. Katz <jkatz@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: initdb recommendations
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 15:21:02 +0200
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On 2019-07-13 18:58, Julien Rouhaud wrote:
>>> The default client authentication setup is such that users can connect
>>> over the Unix-domain socket to the same database user name as their
>>> operating system user names (on operating systems that support this,
>>> which are most modern Unix-like systems, but not Windows) and
>>> otherwise with a password. To assign a password to the initial
>>> database superuser, use one of initdb's -W, --pwprompt or -- pwfile
>>> options.
>>
>> Do you have a suggestion for where to put this and exactly how to phrase
>> this?
>>
>> I think the initdb reference page would be more appropriate than
>> runtime.sgml.
> 
> Yes initdb.sgml seems more suitable.  I was thinking something very
> similar to your note, maybe like (also attached if my MUA ruins it):

Pushed with that note.  Thanks.

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Peter Eisentraut              http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services





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