Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On 12/11/19 5:18 AM, Олег Самойлов wrote: > This utility, like most other PostgreSQL utilities, also uses the environment variables supported by libpq (see Section 33.14). > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/libpq-envars.html > PGUSER behaves the same as the user connection parameter. >> This is don't work with `initdb` and `pg_ctl initdb`. This seems like nonsense to me. The initdb documentation says perfectly clearly that the initial superuser's name is set by -U. It does not say anything about PGUSER. I think the reference to libpq in the docs probably should be taken out, because initdb never uses libpq to make a connection, so libpq's defaults are not relevant. regards, tom lane
