Thread: Getting started
The following documentation comment has been logged on the website: Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/15/user-manag.html Description: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/tutorial-createdb.html The "getting started" page skips right from the installing to already having started the program, but on linux machines, you cannot start psql without inputting a special command, "sudo -u postgres psql". Typing psql will make the program tell you that your username doesn't exist, and you can't create a username for psql without starting psql first. I had to search somewhere else to learn that I had to start psql with that special command. https://www.cherryservers.com/blog/how-to-install-and-setup-postgresql-server-on-ubuntu-20-04
On Sat, 2022-12-10 at 18:46 +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote: > The following documentation comment has been logged on the website: > > Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/15/user-manag.html > Description: > > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/tutorial-createdb.html > > The "getting started" page skips right from the installing to already having > started the program, but on linux machines, you cannot start psql without > inputting a special command, "sudo -u postgres psql". Typing psql will make > the program tell you that your username doesn't exist, and you can't create > a username for psql without starting psql first. I had to search somewhere > else to learn that I had to start psql with that special command. Yes, the "initdb" step is missing. If we had that, it would be clear that the rest of the chapter assumes that you are running shell commands with an operating system user whose name is identical to the bootstrap superuser. Yours, Laurenz Albe
xOn Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 08:20:03AM +0100, Laurenz Albe wrote: > On Sat, 2022-12-10 at 18:46 +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote: > > The following documentation comment has been logged on the website: > > > > Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/15/user-manag.html > > Description: > > > > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/tutorial-createdb.html > > > > The "getting started" page skips right from the installing to already having > > started the program, but on linux machines, you cannot start psql without > > inputting a special command, "sudo -u postgres psql". Typing psql will make > > the program tell you that your username doesn't exist, and you can't create > > a username for psql without starting psql first. I had to search somewhere > > else to learn that I had to start psql with that special command. > > Yes, the "initdb" step is missing. > > If we had that, it would be clear that the rest of the chapter assumes that > you are running shell commands with an operating system user whose name > is identical to the bootstrap superuser. I looked at this and initdb is mentioned in the installation section, and an incorrect user name is mentions as part of craetedb failure. I don't see what we can add to improve things here. -- Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> https://momjian.us EDB https://enterprisedb.com Only you can decide what is important to you.