On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 1:22 PM, Adrian Klaver <adrian.kla...@aklaver.com> wrote:
> On 06/22/2017 01:13 PM, Jeff Janes wrote: > >> On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 12:06 PM, Ray Stell <ste...@vt.edu <mailto: >> ste...@vt.edu>> wrote: >> >> I used "initdb -U" to specify an alternate superuser. On startup it >> throws these msgs: >> >> 2017-06-22 14:36:34 EDT,0,startup FATAL: 28000: role "postgresql" >> does not exist >> >> 2017-06-22 14:36:34 EDT,0,startup LOCATION: InitializeSessionUserId, >> miscinit.c:503 >> >> >> Earlier versions do the same thing if you start them with the wait option >> (-w). >> >> The difference is that wait is now the default, and you use -W to turn it >> off. >> > > The would seem to work for the pg_ctl init[db] mode, however the OP is > using the plain initdb where -W is: > > -W > --pwprompt > But he is seeing the message when he starts the database, not when he does initdb of it. Cheers, Jeff