Re: BUG #15108: Initialization problem postgresql-10-setup initdb

Hi,

I don't understand, in the official documentation appear "initdb must be
run as the user that will own the server process, because the server
needs to have access to the files and directories that initdb creates.
*Since the server cannot be run as root, you must not run initdb as root
either*. (It will in fact refuse to do so.)"

Regards,

El 14/03/18 a las 16:59, Devrim Gündüz escribió:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, 2018-03-13 at 12:12 +0000, PG Bug reporting form wrote:
>> The problem is reported when executing database initialization command,
>> postgresql-10-setup initdb.
>> In the official documentation
>> (https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/static/app-initdb.html) indicates that
>> it must be executed with the user postgres, but the command only works if I
>> execute it as root.
>>
>> This command does not
> postgresql-10-setup is a wrapper around initdb (which solves many problems),
> *not* the initdb binary, and needs to be run as root. You can always run initdb
> directly with:
>
> /usr/pgsql-10/bin/initdb
>
> Regards,
>