my postgres.init file - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Vance Greenway
Subject my postgres.init file
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Re: [ADMIN] my postgres.init file
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when i execute my posgres.init file, it asks for a password per the su command that is in it, but does not pause for a password to be entered and consequently cannot launch the postmaster.  is there an obvious fix, or even an obscure one to help this newbie out?

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