On Sat, Jan 6, 2024 at 11:27:14PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> "David G. Johnston" <david.g.johns...@gmail.com> writes:
> > Or just the bit more verbose “user running the initdb command” and don’t
> > bother giving it a label, which is basically the approach used in the
> > description for initdb anyway.
>
> Or if you want a few more words, "name of the operating-system user
> running initdb". I don't like "installation user", that's just about
> as vague as could be.
Agreed, updated patch attached.
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Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> https://momjian.us
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml
index d43c91575c..cd75cae10e 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml
@@ -417,10 +417,10 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
<term><option>--username=<replaceable class="parameter">username</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Selects the user name of the
+ Sets the user name of the
<glossterm linkend="glossary-bootstrap-superuser">bootstrap superuser</glossterm>.
- This defaults to the name of the
- <glossterm linkend="glossary-cluster-owner">cluster owner</glossterm>.
+ This defaults to the name of the operating-system user running
+ <command>initdb</command>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
