This doc specifies to initdb with the admin user "postgres," http://bdr-project.org/docs/stable/quickstart-instances.html but if I do that the supervisor falls over with: $ cat bdr5598.log LOG: registering background worker "bdr supervisor" LOG: database system was shut down at 2015-09-02 16:04:45 EDT LOG: starting up replication identifier with ckpt at 0/171EBF8 LOG: MultiXact member wraparound protections are now enabled LOG: starting background worker process "bdr supervisor" LOG: autovacuum launcher started LOG: database system is ready to accept connections LOG: Created database bdr_supervisordb (oid=16384) during BDR startup LOG: worker process: bdr supervisor (PID 21666) exited with exit code 1 FATAL: role "postgresql" does not exist LOG: starting background worker process "bdr supervisor" It works if I init with "-U postgresql" -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general