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,
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Devrim Gündüz
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PostgreSQL Consultant, Red Hat Certified Engineer
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