xOn Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 08:20:03AM +0100, Laurenz Albe wrote: > On Sat, 2022-12-10 at 18:46 +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote: > > The following documentation comment has been logged on the website: > > > > Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/15/user-manag.html > > Description: > > > > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/tutorial-createdb.html > > > > The "getting started" page skips right from the installing to already having > > started the program, but on linux machines, you cannot start psql without > > inputting a special command, "sudo -u postgres psql". Typing psql will make > > the program tell you that your username doesn't exist, and you can't create > > a username for psql without starting psql first. I had to search somewhere > > else to learn that I had to start psql with that special command. > > Yes, the "initdb" step is missing. > > If we had that, it would be clear that the rest of the chapter assumes that > you are running shell commands with an operating system user whose name > is identical to the bootstrap superuser.
I looked at this and initdb is mentioned in the installation section, and an incorrect user name is mentions as part of craetedb failure. I don't see what we can add to improve things here. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> https://momjian.us EDB https://enterprisedb.com Only you can decide what is important to you.
