Thanks for your reply David, i think you are right about the natural way to interpret the text - although if that was the intention it could probably be worded more clearly e.g. by adding 'renamed' or 'instead' or both.
My issue is that - at least as far as i can recall - the default superuser was already named postgres, in which case that interpretation doesn't work. I apologize if I'm mistaken, I've only setup a cluster twice and an not 100% on this. Also, i forgot to mention the first time : kudos to everyone for the insanely good documentation, it really is outstanding! Best, Maja On Wed, 22 Mar 2023, 22:48 David G. Johnston, <david.g.johns...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Monday, March 20, 2023, PG Doc comments form <nore...@postgresql.org> > wrote: > >> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website: >> >> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/15/database-roles.html >> Description: >> >> In chapter 22.1 the following text seems to imply the role will have "the >> same name as the user that initialised" it and also the "role will be >> named >> postgres". Which cannot both be true, or perhaps the text is trying to say >> something else, but in doing so is not clear. >> >> "This role is always a “superuser”, and by default (unless altered when >> running initdb) it will have the same name as the operating system user >> that >> initialized the database cluster. Customarily, this role will be named >> postgres. " >> > > The words “default” and “unless altered” seem quite clear to me. In > particular, the “customarily” part is accomplished usually by creating an > operating system user named postgres and then running initdb as that user. > > David J. > >
