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
Jonathan