Cannot initdb on fresh install - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Dimitri
Subject Cannot initdb on fresh install
Date
Msg-id 56B2433E.9050501@shackletonpacific.com
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Responses Re: Cannot initdb on fresh install  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
List pgsql-novice
Greetings

I am attempting a fresh install of postgresql9.5 on FreeBSD
I am at the point of initialising the database server. When I issue the
initdb command (see below) I am requested to enter a password. Which
password am I meant to insert here?
When I cat /etc/passwd I notice there is a user pgsql ( a pseudo user)
which I never created so I dont know what the password is for pgsql.
I have tried using the root password, my user's password, and a user I
created (postgres) but all to no avail.
Can anyone help me along?
Regards
Dimitri


$ /usr/local/etc/rc.d/postgresql initdb
Password:
su: Sorry



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