Thread: initdb on Debian

initdb on Debian

From
Randall Smith
Date:
I would like to be able to initdb to get a clean database to test
backups.  Reading the Debian version of the Postgresql README, I see
that I should use the --debian-conffile option with initdb.  Problem
though.  I have to run initdb as user postgres, but I need to be root to
edit the stuff in /etc.  So I can't run initdb as root or postgres.  I
lose either way.  Also, since the configs are symlinked in etc, is there
an elegant way to handle the configs in /etc when I'm running > 1
postgresql instances?

Randall