Re: BUG #15108: Initialization problem postgresql-10-setup initdb

I don't understand, in the official documentation appear "initdb must be run as the user that will own the server process, because the server needs to have access to the files and directories that initdb creates. Since the server cannot be run as root, you must not run initdb as root either. (It will in fact refuse to do so.)"

Regards,

Hi,

On Tue, 2018-03-13 at 12:12 +0000, PG Bug reporting form wrote:

The problem is reported when executing database initialization command,
postgresql-10-setup initdb.
In the official documentation
(https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/static/app-initdb.html) indicates that
it must be executed with the user postgres, but the command only works if I
execute it as root.

This command does not

postgresql-10-setup is a wrapper around initdb (which solves many problems), 
*not* the initdb binary, and needs to be run as root. You can always run initdb
directly with:

/usr/pgsql-10/bin/initdb

Regards,