"Jan-Peter Seifert" <Jan-Peter.Seifert@xxxxxx> writes: > I wonder what this variable in initdb is about: POSTGRES_SUPERUSERNAME > Apparently the default should be 'postgres'. However, the value changes with the user that is logged in whenever I use 'initdb --show'. If I login as 'xy' the value is 'xy'. Shouldn't this be a fixed value in the cluster? No, that's exactly the expected behavior. The username of the user who runs initdb is used. regards, tom lane