On 2020-05-28 15:28, Jonathan S. Katz wrote:
> On 5/28/20 8:10 AM, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>> On 2020-05-27 15:25, Jonathan S. Katz wrote:
>>> $ initdb -D data --auth-local=scram-sha-256 --auth-host=md5
>>>
>>> Got an error message:
>>>
>>> "initdb: error: must specify a password for the superuser to enable md5
>>> authentication"
>>>
>>> For the last two, that behavior is to be expected (after all, you've set
>>> the two login vectors to require passwords), but the error message seems
>>> odd now. Perhaps we tweak it to be:
>>>
>>>
>>> "initdb: error: must specify a password for the superuser when requiring
>>> passwords for both local and host authentication."
>>
>> That message is a bit long. Maybe just
>>
>> must specify a password for the superuser to enable password authentication
>>
>> without reference to the specific method. I think the idea is clear there.
>
> +1
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