"Magnus Hagander" <mha@sollentuna.net> writes:
> I would like to add capability to initdb to accept the password for the
> superuser account at invocation. Right now, I can use --pwprompt or -W
> to have it ask for a password. But for the win32 GUI installed I'd like
> to ask for the password in the installer, and pass it to initdb.
> Considering how it's done in different places, what's the preferred way
> to do this? Commandline parameter? Environment variable? Other (what
> would that be?)
There's a reason why it's done that way, which is that the others are
all insecure. At least on some Unixen.
regards, tom lane