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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml')
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml index 2e235c082c9..e08ab377f9c 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml,v 1.6 1999/12/17 01:05:29 momjian Exp $ +$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml,v 1.7 2000/01/15 18:30:27 petere Exp $ Postgres documentation --> @@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ Postgres documentation <synopsis> initdb [ --pgdata|-D <replaceable class="parameter">dbdir</replaceable> ] [ --sysid|-i <replaceable class="parameter">sysid</replaceable> ] - [ --password|-W <replaceable class="parameter">password</replaceable> ] - [ --pgencoding|-e <replaceable class="parameter">encoding</replaceable> ] + [ --pwprompt|-W ] + [ --encoding|-e <replaceable class="parameter">encoding</replaceable> ] [ --pglib|-L <replaceable class="parameter">libdir</replaceable> ] [ --username|-u <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> ] [ --noclean | -n ] [ --debug | -d ] [ --template | -t ] @@ -71,20 +71,20 @@ initdb [ --pgdata|-D <replaceable class="parameter">dbdir</replaceable> ] </varlistentry> <varlistentry> - <term>--password=<replaceable class="parameter">password</replaceable></term> - <term>-W <replaceable class="parameter">password</replaceable></term> + <term>--pwprompt</term> + <term>-W</term> <listitem> <para> - Sets the password of the database superuser. If you don't plan - on using password authentication, this is not important. If you - do, you can save yourself a trip by specifying it here, but you - can always change it later. The default password is empty. + Makes initdb prompt for a password of the database superuser. If you + don't plan on using password authentication, this is not important. + Otherwise you won't be able to use password authentication until + you have a password set up. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> - <term>--pgencoding=<replaceable class="parameter">encoding</replaceable></term> + <term>--encoding=<replaceable class="parameter">encoding</replaceable></term> <term>-e <replaceable class="parameter">encoding</replaceable></term> <listitem> <para> @@ -246,15 +246,6 @@ initdb [ --pgdata|-D <replaceable class="parameter">dbdir</replaceable> ] it is a good idea to create the data directory before running <application>initdb</application> <emphasis>and</emphasis> to hand over the ownership of it to the database superuser. </para> - - <para> - Note that if you use the <option>--username</option> you must give correct - information about the name of the <emphasis>current</emphasis> user. If you don't - this will usually manifest itself in an error message about <literal>chmod</literal> - failing on a file <filename>pg_pwd</filename>, because the backend silently - refuses to create it. - </para> - </refsect1> </refentry> |