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

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