Tom Lane wrote:
FreeBSD is out in left field here. However, I don't see why you need to alter the build to change this. Just create a new user postgres and run the initdb step as that user. initdb uses the OS user name it's run as to determine the initial superuser name.
That's exactly what I did first, and as you say, it worked fine (at least I was able to create another user and another database).
It was when I tried starting PostgreSQL from boot, which requires adding "postgresql_enable" in /etc/rc.conf, that it didn't work. I tracked that down to /usr/local/etc/rc.d/010.pgsql.sh which uses a "postgresql_user" variable defined as "pgsql" by the port. And this in turn is driven by the Makefile and other files provided by the FreeBSD port. As I mentioned, I could fix those references to 'pgsql' but then I'd have to patch them any time I fetched a port update.
So I guess the port procedures are not controlled by the Development Group? Joe
