@@ -161,18 +161,11 @@ superuser. The simplest way is by creating and running a C language
161161function. There are plans to remedy this in future developent.
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163163The program initdb (part of Postgres) is what initializes (creates) a
164- database system. See the man page for initdb.
164+ database system. Initdb uses the defaults specified in Makefile.global.
165+ See the man page for initdb for more information.
165166
166- Example for postgres version 1.*:
167167 % initdb
168168
169- Example for postgres version 2.0:(to be released in several months)
170- % initdb -d /usr/lib/postgres_data -u postgres
171-
172- This example creates the files for the database system in the directory
173- /usr/lib/postgres_data and makes user "postgres" the Postgres superuser
174- for the new database system.
175-
176169By default, the user issuing the initdb command becomes the Postgres
177170superuser, and only the unix superuser can specify any other user as the
178171Postgres superuser.