Re: initdb check_need_password fix

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: initdb check_need_password fix
Date: 2012-06-28 23:24:01
Message-ID: CA+TgmoZAdAxR4b+9rkazPmxTPkK=1szGhVkodEKG9ancZYS9Ww@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 3:48 PM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
> If you run initdb -A md5, you get an error
>
> initdb: must specify a password for the superuser to enable md5 authentication
>
> In 9.2, when you run something like initdb --auth-local=peer
> --auth-host=md5, you still get that error, which I think is a mistake.
> The error should only be shown if both authentication choices are
> password-like.  Hence I propose the attached patch.

Looks right to me.

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Robert Haas
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The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

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