This is my -- hopefully sufficiently portable -- attempt at cleaning out

initdb. No more obscure dependencies on environment variables or paths.
It
now finds the templates and the right postgres itself (with cmd line
options as fallback). It also no longer depends on $USER (su safe), and
doesn't advertise that --username allows you to install the db as a
different user, since that doesn't work anyway. Also, recovery and
cleanup
on all errors. Consistent options, clearer documentation.

Please take a look at this and adopt it if you feel it's safe enough. I
have simulated all the stupid circumstances I could think of, but you
never know with shell scripts.

Oh yeah, you can give the postgres user a default password now.

--
Peter Eisentraut                  Sernanders väg 10:115

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml
index 200c030ed480fe4f1248071859e5ef3db0761683..2e235c082c95427b2fc79e4e7ab904bcb537fc82 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
 
@@ -15,24 +15,26 @@ Postgres documentation
    initdb
   
   
-   Create a new Postgres database installation
+   Create a new PostgreSQL database installation
   
  
  
   
-   1999-07-20
+   1999-12-17
   
   
-initdb [ --pgdata=dbdir | -r dbdir ]
-    [ --pglib=libdir | -l libdir ]
-    [ --template=template | -t template ]
-    [ --username=name | -u name ]
-    [ --noclean | -n ] [ --debug | -d ]
+initdb [ --pgdata|-D dbdir ]
+       [ --sysid|-i sysid ]
+       [ --password|-W password ]
+       [ --pgencoding|-e encoding ]
+       [ --pglib|-L libdir ]
+       [ --username|-u name ]
+       [ --noclean | -n ] [ --debug | -d ] [ --template | -t ]
   
 
   
    
-    1998-10-02
+    1999-11-17
    
    </div>
<div class="diff ctx">     Inputs</div>
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<div class="diff ctx"> </div>
<div class="diff ctx">     <variablelist></div>
<div class="diff ctx">      <varlistentry></div>
<div class="diff rem">-      <term>--pg<span class="marked">lib=<replaceable class="parameter">li</span>bdir</replaceable></term></div>
<div class="diff rem">-      <term>-<span class="marked">l <replaceable class="parameter">li</span>bdir</replaceable></term></div>
<div class="diff rem">-      <term><envar>PG<span class="marked">LIB</span></envar></term></div>
<div class="diff add">+      <term>--pg<span class="marked">data=<replaceable class="parameter">d</span>bdir</replaceable></term></div>
<div class="diff add">+      <term>-<span class="marked">D <replaceable class="parameter">d</span>bdir</replaceable></term></div>
<div class="diff add">+      <term><envar>PG<span class="marked">DATA</span></envar></term></div>
<div class="diff ctx">       <listitem></div>
<div class="diff ctx">        <para></div>
<div class="diff rem">-   Where are the files that make up <productname>Postgres</productname>? </div>
<div class="diff rem">-   Apart from files that</div>
<div class="diff rem">-   have to go in particular directories because of their function, the</div>
<div class="diff rem">-   files that make up the <productname>Postgres</productname> software </div>
<div class="diff rem">-   were installed in a directory</div>
<div class="diff rem">-   called the <replaceable class="parameter">libdir</replaceable> directory.</div>
<div class="diff rem">-   An example of a file that will be found</div>
<div class="diff rem">-   there that <application>initdb</application></div>
<div class="diff rem">-   needs is <filename>global1.bki.source</filename>,</div>
<div class="diff rem">-   which contains all the information that goes</div>
<div class="diff rem">-   into the shared catalog tables.</div>
<div class="diff add">+        This option specifies where in the file system the database should be</div>
<div class="diff add">+        stored. This is the only information required by initdb, but you can avoid</div>
<div class="diff add">+        it by setting the <envar>PGDATA</envar> environment variable, which</div>
<div class="diff add">+        can be convenient since the database server (<filename>postmaster</filename>)</div>
<div class="diff add">+        can find the database directory later by the same variable.</div>
<div class="diff ctx">        </para></div>
<div class="diff ctx">       </listitem></div>
<div class="diff ctx">      </varlistentry></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </div>
<div class="diff ctx">      <varlistentry></div>
<div class="diff rem">-      <term>--pgdata=<replaceable class="parameter">dbdir</replaceable></term></div>
<div class="diff rem">-      <term>-r <replaceable class="parameter">dbdir</replaceable></term></div>
<div class="diff rem">-      <term><envar>PGDATA</envar></term></div>
<div class="diff add">+      <term>--sysid=<replaceable class="parameter">sysid</replaceable></term></div>
<div class="diff add">+      <term>-i <replaceable class="parameter">sysid</replaceable></term></div>
<div class="diff ctx">       <listitem></div>
<div class="diff ctx">        <para></div>
<div class="diff rem">-   Where in your Unix filesystem do you want the database data to go?</div>
<div class="diff rem">-   The top level directory is called the <envar>PGDATA</envar> directory.</div>
<div class="diff add">+        Selects the system id of the database superuser. This defaults to</div>
<div class="diff add">+        the effective user id of the user running initdb. It is really</div>
<div class="diff add">+        not important what the superuser's sysid is, but one might choose</div>
<div class="diff add">+        to start the numbering at some number like 0 or 1.</div>
<div class="diff ctx">        </para></div>
<div class="diff ctx">       </listitem></div>
<div class="diff ctx">      </varlistentry></div>
<div class="diff rem">-</div>
<div class="diff add">+ </div>
<div class="diff ctx">      <varlistentry></div>
<div class="diff rem">-      <term>--username=<replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable></term></div>
<div class="diff rem">-      <term>-u <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable></term></div>
<div class="diff rem">-      <term><envar>PGUSER</envar></term></div>
<div class="diff add">+      <term>--password=<replaceable class="parameter">password</replaceable></term></div>
<div class="diff add">+      <term>-W <replaceable class="parameter">password</replaceable></term></div>
<div class="diff ctx">       <listitem></div>
<div class="diff ctx">        <para></div>
<div class="diff rem">-   Who will be the <productname>Postgres</productname> superuser</div>
<div class="diff rem">-   for this database system?  The</div>
<div class="diff rem">-   <productname>Postgres</productname> superuser is a Unix user </div>
<div class="diff rem">-   who owns all files that store the database</div>
<div class="diff rem">-   system and also owns the postmaster and backend processes that access them.</div>
<div class="diff rem">-   Or just let it default to you (the Unix user who runs</div>
<div class="diff rem">-   <application>initdb</application>).</div>
<div class="diff add">+        Sets the password of the database superuser. If you don't plan</div>
<div class="diff add">+        on using password authentication, this is not important. If you</div>
<div class="diff add">+        do, you can save yourself a trip by specifying it here, but you</div>
<div class="diff add">+        can always change it later. The default password is empty.</div>
<div class="diff ctx">        </para></div>
<div class="diff rem">-       <note></div>
<div class="diff rem">-   <para></div>
<div class="diff rem">-    Only the Unix superuser (<literal>root</literal>)</div>
<div class="diff rem">-    can create a database system with an owner</div>
<div class="diff rem">-    different from the <productname>Postgres</productname> superuser.</div>
<div class="diff rem">-   </para></div>
<div class="diff rem">-       </note></div>
<div class="diff ctx">       </listitem></div>
<div class="diff ctx">      </varlistentry></div>
<div class="diff rem">-    </variablelist></div>
<div class="diff add">+ </div>
<div class="diff add">+     <varlistentry></div>
<div class="diff add">+      <term>--pgencoding=<replaceable class="parameter">encoding</replaceable></term></div>
<div class="diff add">+      <term>-e <replaceable class="parameter">encoding</replaceable></term></div>
<div class="diff add">+      <listitem></div>
<div class="diff add">+       <para></div>
<div class="diff add">+        Selects the multibyte encoding of the template database. This will also</div>
<div class="diff add">+        be the default encoding of any database you create later, unless you</div>
<div class="diff add">+        override it there. To use the multibyte encoding feature, you must</div>
<div class="diff add">+        specify so at build time, at which time you also select the default</div>
<div class="diff add">+        for this option.</div>
<div class="diff add">+       </para></div>
<div class="diff add">+      </listitem></div>
<div class="diff add">+     </varlistentry></div>
<div class="diff add">+</div>
<div class="diff add">+   </variablelist></div>
<div class="diff ctx">    </para></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </div>
<div class="diff ctx">    <para></div>
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<div class="diff ctx"> </div>
<div class="diff ctx">     <variablelist></div>
<div class="diff ctx">      <varlistentry></div>
<div class="diff rem">-      <term>--template=<replaceable class="parameter">template</replaceable></term></div>
<div class="diff rem">-      <term>-t <replaceable class="parameter">template</replaceable></term></div>
<div class="diff add">+      <term>--pglib=<replaceable class="parameter">libdir</replaceable></term></div>
<div class="diff add">+      <term>-l <replaceable class="parameter">libdir</replaceable></term></div>
<div class="diff add">+      <listitem></div>
<div class="diff add">+       <para></div>
<div class="diff add">+        initdb needs a few input files to initialize the database. This option</div>
<div class="diff add">+        tells where to find them. You normally don't have to worry about this</div>
<div class="diff add">+        since initdb knows about the most common installation layouts and will</div>
<div class="diff add">+        find the files itself. You will be told if you need to specify their</div>
<div class="diff add">+        location explicitly. If that happens, one of the files is called</div>
<div class="diff add">+   <filename>global1.bki.source</filename> and is traditionally installed</div>
<div class="diff add">+        along with the others in the library directory (e.g.,</div>
<div class="diff add">+        <filename>/usr/local/pgsql/lib</filename>).</div>
<div class="diff add">+       </para></div>
<div class="diff add">+      </listitem></div>
<div class="diff add">+     </varlistentry></div>
<div class="diff add">+</div>
<div class="diff add">+     <varlistentry></div>
<div class="diff add">+      <term>--username=<replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable></term></div>
<div class="diff add">+      <term>-u <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable></term></div>
<div class="diff add">+      <listitem></div>
<div class="diff add">+       <para></div>
<div class="diff add">+        The database system will be initialized with the username that is</div>
<div class="diff add">+        running initdb. That is a requirement. If for some unimaginable</div>
<div class="diff add">+        reason initdb cannot find out what the current user's name is,</div>
<div class="diff add">+        you have to use this option. Normally, this will not be necessary</div>
<div class="diff add">+        and initdb will tell you when it is.</div>
<div class="diff add">+       </para></div>
<div class="diff add">+      </listitem></div>
<div class="diff add">+     </varlistentry></div>
<div class="diff add">+</div>
<div class="diff add">+     <varlistentry></div>
<div class="diff add">+      <term>--template</term></div>
<div class="diff add">+      <term>-t</term></div>
<div class="diff ctx">       <listitem></div>
<div class="diff ctx">        <para></div>
<div class="diff ctx">    Replace the <literal>template1</literal></div>
<div class="diff ctx">    database in an existing database system, and don't touch anything else.</div>
<div class="diff ctx">    This is useful when you need to upgrade your <literal>template1</literal></div>
<div class="diff ctx">    database using <application>initdb</application></div>
<div class="diff rem">-   from a newer release of <productname>Postgre<span class="marked">s</span></productname>, </div>
<div class="diff add">+   from a newer release of <productname>Postgre<span class="marked">SQL</span></productname>, </div>
<div class="diff ctx">    or when your <literal>template1</literal></div>
<div class="diff ctx">    database has become corrupted by some system problem.  Normally the</div>
<div class="diff ctx">    contents of <literal>template1</literal></div>
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<div class="diff ctx">    By default, when <application>initdb</application></div>
<div class="diff ctx">    determines that error prevent it from completely creating the database</div>
<div class="diff ctx">    system, it removes any files it may have created before determining</div>
<div class="diff rem">-   that it can't finish the job.  That includes any core files left by</div>
<div class="diff rem">-   the programs it invokes.  This option inhibits any tidying-up and is</div>
<div class="diff add">+   that it can't finish the job. This option inhibits any tidying-up and is</div>
<div class="diff ctx">    thus useful for debugging.</div>
<div class="diff ctx">        </para></div>
<div class="diff ctx">       </listitem></div>
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<div class="diff ctx">       <term>-d</term></div>
<div class="diff ctx">       <listitem></div>
<div class="diff ctx">        <para></div>
<div class="diff rem">-   Print debugging output from the bootstrap backend.  </div>
<div class="diff add">+   Print debugging output from the bootstrap backend and a few other</div>
<div class="diff add">+        messages of lesser interest for the general public.</div>
<div class="diff ctx">    The bootstrap backend is the program <application>initdb</application></div>
<div class="diff ctx">    uses to create the catalog tables.  This option generates a tremendous</div>
<div class="diff rem">-   amount of output.<span class="marked">  It also turns off the final vacuuming step.</span></div>
<div class="diff add">+   amount of output.</div>
<div class="diff ctx">        </para></div>
<div class="diff ctx">       </listitem></div>
<div class="diff ctx">      </varlistentry></div>
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<div class="diff ctx">     </variablelist></div>
<div class="diff ctx">    </para></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </div>
<div class="diff rem">-   <para></div>
<div class="diff rem">-    Files are also input to <application>initdb</application>:</div>
<div class="diff rem">-</div>
<div class="diff rem">-    <variablelist></div>
<div class="diff rem">-     <varlistentry></div>
<div class="diff rem">-      <term><application>postconfig</application></term></div>
<div class="diff rem">-      <listitem></div>
<div class="diff rem">-       <para></div>
<div class="diff rem">-   If appearing somewhere in the Unix command search path </div>
<div class="diff rem">-   (defined by the PATH environment variable).</div>
<div class="diff rem">-   This is a program that specifies defaults for some of the</div>
<div class="diff rem">-   command options.  See below.</div>
<div class="diff rem">-       </para></div>
<div class="diff rem">-      </listitem></div>
<div class="diff rem">-     </varlistentry></div>
<div class="diff rem">-</div>
<div class="diff rem">-     <varlistentry></div>
<div class="diff rem">-      <term><filename><envar>PGLIB</envar>/global1.bki.source</filename></term></div>
<div class="diff rem">-      <listitem></div>
<div class="diff rem">-       <para></div>
<div class="diff rem">-   Contents for the shared catalog tables in the new database system.  This</div>
<div class="diff rem">-   file is part of the <productname>Postgres</productname> software.</div>
<div class="diff rem">-       </para></div>
<div class="diff rem">-      </listitem></div>
<div class="diff rem">-     </varlistentry></div>
<div class="diff rem">-</div>
<div class="diff rem">-     <varlistentry></div>
<div class="diff rem">-      <term><filename><envar>PGLIB</envar>/local1_template1.bki.source</filename></term></div>
<div class="diff rem">-      <listitem></div>
<div class="diff rem">-       <para></div>
<div class="diff rem">-   Contents for the template1 tables in the new database system.  This</div>
<div class="diff rem">-   file is part of the <productname>Postgres</productname> software.</div>
<div class="diff rem">-       </para></div>
<div class="diff rem">-      </listitem></div>
<div class="diff rem">-     </varlistentry></div>
<div class="diff rem">-</div>
<div class="diff rem">-    </variablelist></div>
<div class="diff rem">-   </para></div>
<div class="diff ctx">   </refsect2></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </div>
<div class="diff ctx">   <refsect2 id="R2-APP-INITDB-2"></div>
<div class="diff ctx">    <refsect2info></div>
<div class="diff rem">-    <date>199<span class="marked">8-09-26</span></date></div>
<div class="diff add">+    <date>199<span class="marked">9-12-17</span></date></div>
<div class="diff ctx">    </refsect2info></div>
<div class="diff ctx">    <title></div>
<div class="diff ctx">     Outputs</div>
<div class="diff ctx">    
    
-    initdb will create files in the
-    PGDATA
+    initdb will create files in the specified
     data area which are the system tables and framework for a complete
     installation.
    
@@ -214,14 +207,14 @@ initdb [ --pgdata=dbdir | -r 
 
  
   
-   1998-09-26
+   1999-12-17
   
   </div>
<div class="diff ctx">    Description</div>
<div class="diff ctx">   
   
    initdb creates a new 
-   Postgres database system.
+   PostgreSQL database system.
    A database system is a
    collection of databases that are all administered by the same Unix user
    and managed by a single postmaster.
@@ -231,74 +224,37 @@ initdb [ --pgdata=dbdir | -r 
    the database data will live, generating the shared catalog tables 
    (tables that don't belong to any particular database), and
    creating the template1
-   database.  What is the template1
-   database?  When you create a database, Postgres 
-   does it by copying
-   everything from the template1
-   database.  It contains catalog tables filled in for things like the
+   database.  When you create a new database, everything in the
+   template1 database is copied.
+   It contains catalog tables filled in for things like the
    builtin types.
   
-  
-   After initdb 
-   creates the database, it completes the initialization by running
-   vacuum, which resets some optimization parameters.
-  
-  
-   There are three ways to give parameters to initdb.
 
-   
-    
-     
-      You can use initdb command options.
-     
-    
-    
-     
-      You can set environment
-      variables before invoking initdb.
-     
-    
-
-    
-     
-      You can have a program called postconfig
-      in your Unix command search path.
-      initdb invokes that program and that program then writes 
-      initdb parameters to its standard output stream.
-      This third option is not a common thing to do, however.
-     
-    
-   
+  
+   You must not execute initdb as root. This is
+   because you cannot run the database server as root either, but the
+   server needs to have access to the files initdb
+   creates. Furthermore, during the initialization phase, when there are no
+   users and no access controls installed, postgres will only connect with
+   the name of the current Unix user, so you must log in under the account
+   that will own the server process.
   
 
   
-   Command options always override parameters specified any other way.
-   The values returned by postconfig
-   override any environment variables, but your
-   postconfig 
-   program may base its output on the environment variables if you want
-   their values to be used.
+   Although initdb will attempt to create the respective
+   data directory, chances are that it won't have the permission to do so. Thus
+   it is a good idea to create the data directory before running initdb
+   and to hand over the ownership of it to the database superuser.
   
 
   
-   The value that postconfig 
-   outputs must have the format
-   
-var1=value1 var2=value2 ...
-   
-
-   It can output nothing if it doesn't want to supply any parameters.
-   The var values are equal to 
-   the corresponding environment variable
-   names.  For example,
-   
-PGDATA=/tmp/postgres_test
-   
-   has the
-   same effect as invoking initdb
-   with an environment variable called PGDATA whose value is
-   /tmp/postgres_test.
+   Note that if you use the --username you must give correct
+   information about the name of the current user. If you don't
+   this will usually manifest itself in an error message about chmod
+   failing on a file pg_pwd, because the backend silently
+   refuses to create it.
   
+
  
 
 

diff --git a/src/bin/initdb/initdb.sh b/src/bin/initdb/initdb.sh
index 4ccd718fc73eed2fa6a8e918121c9074081aa398..245f3455f94cde41a7ab5fc947aa7cf8eacfeb7a 100644 (file)
--- a/src/bin/initdb/initdb.sh
+++ b/src/bin/initdb/initdb.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #
 #
 # IDENTIFICATION
-#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/initdb/Attic/initdb.sh,v 1.65 1999/12/16 20:09:56 momjian Exp $
+#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/initdb/Attic/initdb.sh,v 1.66 1999/12/17 01:05:30 momjian Exp $
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -291,38 +291,31 @@ umask 077
 
 if [ -f "$PGDATA/PG_VERSION" ]; then
     if [ $template_only -eq 0 ]; then
-        echo "$CMDNAME: error: File $PGDATA/PG_VERSION already exists."
-        echo "This probably means initdb has already been run and the "
+        echo "$CMDNAME: The file $PGDATA/PG_VERSION already exists."
+        echo "This probably means initdb has already been run and the"
         echo "database system already exists."
         echo 
-        echo "If you want to create a new database system, either remove "
-        echo "the directory $PGDATA or run initdb with a --pgdata option "
+        echo "If you want to create a new database system, either remove"
+        echo "the directory $PGDATA or run initdb with a --pgdata argument"
         echo "other than $PGDATA."
         exit 1
     fi
 else
     if [ ! -d $PGDATA ]; then
-        echo "Creating Postgres database system directory $PGDATA"
-        echo
-        mkdir $PGDATA
-        if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then exit 5; fi
-   else
-        echo "Fixing permissions on pre-existing $PGDATA"
-        echo
-       chmod go-rwx $PGDATA
-        if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then exit 5; fi
+        echo "Creating database system directory $PGDATA"
+        mkdir $PGDATA || exit_nicely
+    else
+        echo "Fixing permissions on pre-existing data directory $PGDATA"
+   chmod go-rwx $PGDATA || exit_nicely
     fi
+
     if [ ! -d $PGDATA/base ]; then
-        echo "Creating Postgres database system directory $PGDATA/base"
-        echo
-        mkdir $PGDATA/base
-        if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then exit 5; fi
+        echo "Creating database system directory $PGDATA/base"
+        mkdir $PGDATA/base || exit_nicely
     fi
     if [ ! -d $PGDATA/pg_xlog ]; then
-        echo "Creating Postgres database XLOG directory $PGDATA/pg_xlog"
-        echo
-        mkdir $PGDATA/pg_xlog
-        if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then exit 5; fi
+        echo "Creating database XLOG directory $PGDATA/pg_xlog"
+        mkdir $PGDATA/pg_xlog || exit_nicely
     fi
 fi
 
@@ -330,8 +323,8 @@ fi
 # Create the template1 database
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-rm -rf $PGDATA/base/template1
-mkdir $PGDATA/base/template1
+rm -rf $PGDATA/base/template1 || exit_nicely
+mkdir $PGDATA/base/template1 || exit_nicely
 
 if [ "$debug" -eq 1 ]; then
     BACKEND_TALK_ARG="-d"
@@ -343,82 +336,51 @@ BACKENDARGS="-boot -C -F -D$PGDATA $BACKEND_TALK_ARG"
 FIRSTRUN="-boot -x -C -F -D$PGDATA $BACKEND_TALK_ARG"
 
 echo "Creating template database in $PGDATA/base/template1"
-[ "$debug" -ne 0 ] && echo "Running: postgres $BACKENDARGS template1"
+[ "$debug" -ne 0 ] && echo "Running: $PGPATH/postgres $FIRSTRUN template1"
 
 cat $TEMPLATE \
-| sed -e "s/postgres PGUID/$POSTGRES_SUPERUSERNAME $POSTGRES_SUPERUID/" \
-      -e "s/PGUID/$POSTGRES_SUPERUID/" \
-| postgres $FIRSTRUN template1
+| sed -e "s/PGUID/$POSTGRES_SUPERUSERID/g" \
+| $PGPATH/postgres $FIRSTRUN template1 \
+|| exit_nicely
 
-if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-    echo "$CMDNAME: could not create template database"
-    if [ $noclean -eq 0 ]; then
-        echo "$CMDNAME: cleaning up by wiping out $PGDATA/base/template1"
-        rm -rf $PGDATA/base/template1
-    else
-        echo "$CMDNAME: cleanup not done because noclean options was used."
-    fi
-    exit 1;
-fi
-
-echo
-
-pg_version $PGDATA/base/template1
+$PGPATH/pg_version $PGDATA/base/template1 || exit_nicely
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Create the global classes, if requested.
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 if [ $template_only -eq 0 ]; then
-    echo "Creating global classes in $PGDATA/base"
-    [ "$debug" -ne 0 ] && echo "Running: postgres $BACKENDARGS template1"
+    echo "Creating global relations in $PGDATA/base"
+    [ "$debug" -ne 0 ] && echo "Running: $PGPATH/postgres $BACKENDARGS template1"
 
     cat $GLOBAL \
-    | sed -e "s/postgres PGUID/$POSTGRES_SUPERUSERNAME $POSTGRES_SUPERUID/" \
-        -e "s/PGUID/$POSTGRES_SUPERUID/" \
-    | postgres $BACKENDARGS template1
-
-    if (test $? -ne 0)
-    then
-        echo "$CMDNAME: could not create global classes."
-        if (test $noclean -eq 0); then
-            echo "$CMDNAME: cleaning up."
-            rm -rf $PGDATA
-        else
-            echo "$CMDNAME: cleanup not done (noclean mode set)."
-        fi
-        exit 1;
-    fi
+    | sed -e "s/POSTGRES/$POSTGRES_SUPERUSERNAME/g" \
+          -e "s/PGUID/$POSTGRES_SUPERUSERID/g" \
+          -e "s/PASSWORD/$Password/g" \
+    | $PGPATH/postgres $BACKENDARGS template1 \
+    || exit_nicely
 
-    echo
-
-    pg_version $PGDATA
-
-    cp $PG_HBA_SAMPLE $PGDATA/pg_hba.conf
-    cp $PG_GEQO_SAMPLE $PGDATA/pg_geqo.sample
+    $PGPATH/pg_version $PGDATA || exit_nicely
 
-    echo "Adding template1 database to pg_database..."
+    cp $PG_HBA_SAMPLE $PGDATA/pg_hba.conf     || exit_nicely
+    cp $PG_GEQO_SAMPLE $PGDATA/pg_geqo.sample || exit_nicely
 
-    echo "open pg_database" > /tmp/create.$$
-    echo "insert (template1 $POSTGRES_SUPERUID $MULTIBYTEID template1)" >> /tmp/create.$$
-    #echo "show" >> /tmp/create.$$
-    echo "close pg_database" >> /tmp/create.$$
+    echo "Adding template1 database to pg_database"
 
-    [ "$debug" -ne 0 ] && echo "Running: postgres $BACKENDARGS template1 < /tmp/create.$$"
+    echo "open pg_database" > $TEMPFILE
+    echo "insert (template1 $POSTGRES_SUPERUSERID $MULTIBYTEID template1)" >> $TEMPFILE
+    #echo "show" >> $TEMPFILE
+    echo "close pg_database" >> $TEMPFILE
 
-    postgres $BACKENDARGS template1 < /tmp/create.$$ 
+    [ "$debug" -ne 0 ] && echo "Running: $PGPATH/postgres $BACKENDARGS template1 < $TEMPFILE"
 
-    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-        echo "$CMDNAME: could not log template database"
-        if [ $noclean -eq 0 ]; then
-            echo "$CMDNAME: cleaning up."
-            rm -rf $PGDATA
-        else
-            echo "$CMDNAME: cleanup not done (noclean mode set)."
-        fi
-        exit 1;
+    $PGPATH/postgres $BACKENDARGS template1 < $TEMPFILE
+    # Gotta remove that temp file before exiting on error.
+    retval=$?
+    if [ $noclean -eq 0 ]; then
+            rm -f $TEMPFILE || exit_nicely
     fi
-    rm -f /tmp/create.$$
+    [ $retval -ne 0 ] && exit_nicely
 fi
 
 echo
@@ -427,102 +389,103 @@ PGSQL_OPT="-o /dev/null -O -F -Q -D$PGDATA"
 
 # Create a trigger so that direct updates to pg_shadow will be written
 # to the flat password file pg_pwd
-echo "CREATE TRIGGER pg_sync_pg_pwd AFTER INSERT OR UPDATE OR DELETE ON pg_shadow FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE update_pg_pwd()" | postgres $PGSQL_OPT template1 > /dev/null
+echo "CREATE TRIGGER pg_sync_pg_pwd AFTER INSERT OR UPDATE OR DELETE ON pg_shadow" \
+     "FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE update_pg_pwd()" \
+     | $PGPATH/postgres $PGSQL_OPT template1 > /dev/null || exit_nicely
 
 # Create the initial pg_pwd (flat-file copy of pg_shadow)
-echo "COPY pg_shadow TO '$PGDATA/pg_pwd' USING DELIMITERS '\\t'" | \
-   postgres $PGSQL_OPT template1 > /dev/null
+echo "Writing password file."
+echo "COPY pg_shadow TO '$PGDATA/pg_pwd' USING DELIMITERS '\\t'" \
+   | $PGPATH/postgres $PGSQL_OPT template1 > /dev/null || exit_nicely
+
 # An ordinary COPY will leave the file too loosely protected.
-chmod go-rw $PGDATA/pg_pwd
-
-echo "Creating public pg_user view"
-echo "CREATE TABLE pg_user (       \
-       usename name,       \
-       usesysid    int4,       \
-       usecreatedb bool,       \
-       usetrace    bool,       \
-       usesuper    bool,       \
-       usecatupd   bool,       \
-       passwd      text,       \
-       valuntil    abstime);" | postgres $PGSQL_OPT template1 > /dev/null
-
-
-echo "CREATE RULE \"_RETpg_user\" AS ON SELECT TO pg_user DO INSTEAD   \
-       SELECT usename, usesysid, usecreatedb, usetrace,        \
-              usesuper, usecatupd, '********'::text as passwd, \
-          valuntil FROM pg_shadow;" | \
-   postgres $PGSQL_OPT template1 > /dev/null
-echo "REVOKE ALL on pg_shadow FROM public" | \
-   postgres $PGSQL_OPT template1 > /dev/null
-
-echo "Creating view pg_rules"
-echo "CREATE TABLE pg_rules (      \
-       tablename   name,       \
-       rulename    name,       \
-       definition  text);" | postgres $PGSQL_OPT template1 > /dev/null
-
-echo "CREATE RULE \"_RETpg_rules\" AS ON SELECT TO pg_rules DO INSTEAD \
-       SELECT C.relname AS tablename,              \
-              R.rulename AS rulename,              \
-          pg_get_ruledef(R.rulename) AS definition     \
-         FROM pg_rewrite R, pg_class C                 \
-              WHERE R.rulename !~ '^_RET'              \
-          AND C.oid = R.ev_class;" | \
-   postgres $PGSQL_OPT template1 > /dev/null
-
-echo "Creating view pg_views"
-echo "CREATE TABLE pg_views (      \
-       viewname    name,       \
-       viewowner   name,       \
-       definition  text);" | postgres $PGSQL_OPT template1 > /dev/null
-
-echo "CREATE RULE \"_RETpg_views\" AS ON SELECT TO pg_views DO INSTEAD \
-       SELECT C.relname AS viewname,               \
-          pg_get_userbyid(C.relowner) AS viewowner,        \
-              pg_get_viewdef(C.relname) AS definition      \
-         FROM pg_class C WHERE C.relhasrules AND           \
-              EXISTS (SELECT rulename FROM pg_rewrite R    \
-                       WHERE ev_class = C.oid AND ev_type = '1');" | \
-   postgres $PGSQL_OPT template1 > /dev/null
-
-echo "Creating view pg_tables"
-echo "CREATE TABLE pg_tables (     \
-       tablename   name,       \
-       tableowner  name,       \
-       hasindexes  bool,       \
-       hasrules    bool,       \
-       hastriggers bool);" | postgres $PGSQL_OPT template1 > /dev/null
-
-echo "CREATE RULE \"_RETpg_tables\" AS ON SELECT TO pg_tables DO INSTEAD   \
-       SELECT C.relname AS tablename,              \
-          pg_get_userbyid(C.relowner) AS tableowner,       \
-          C.relhasindex AS hasindexes,             \
-          C.relhasrules AS hasrules,               \
-          (C.reltriggers > 0) AS hastriggers           \
-         FROM pg_class C WHERE C.relkind IN ('r', 's')         \
-              AND NOT EXISTS (SELECT rulename FROM pg_rewrite  \
-                               WHERE ev_class = C.oid AND ev_type = '1');" | \
-   postgres $PGSQL_OPT template1 > /dev/null
-
-echo "Creating view pg_indexes"
-echo "CREATE TABLE pg_indexes (    \
-       tablename   name,       \
-       indexname   name,       \
-       indexdef    text);" | postgres $PGSQL_OPT template1 > /dev/null
-
-echo "CREATE RULE \"_RETpg_indexes\" AS ON SELECT TO pg_indexes DO INSTEAD \
-       SELECT C.relname AS tablename,              \
-          I.relname AS indexname,              \
-          pg_get_indexdef(X.indexrelid) AS indexdef        \
-         FROM pg_index X, pg_class C, pg_class I           \
-              WHERE C.oid = X.indrelid             \
-              AND I.oid = X.indexrelid;" | \
-   postgres $PGSQL_OPT template1 > /dev/null
-
-echo "Loading pg_description"
-echo "copy pg_description from '$TEMPLATE_DESCR'" | \
-   postgres $PGSQL_OPT template1 > /dev/null
-echo "copy pg_description from '$GLOBAL_DESCR'" | \
-   postgres $PGSQL_OPT template1 > /dev/null
-echo "vacuum analyze" | \
-   postgres $PGSQL_OPT template1 > /dev/null
+# Note: If you lied above and specified a --username different from the one
+# you really are, this will manifest itself in this command failing because
+# of a missing file, since the COPY command above failed. It would perhaps
+# be better if postgres returned an error code.
+chmod go-rw $PGDATA/pg_pwd || exit_nicely
+
+echo "Creating view pg_user."
+echo "CREATE VIEW pg_user AS
+        SELECT
+            usename,
+            usesysid,
+            usecreatedb,
+            usetrace,
+            usesuper,
+            usecatupd,
+            '********'::text as passwd,
+            valuntil
+        FROM pg_shadow" \
+        | $PGPATH/postgres $PGSQL_OPT template1 > /dev/null || exit_nicely
+
+echo "REVOKE ALL on pg_shadow FROM public" \
+   | $PGPATH/postgres $PGSQL_OPT template1 > /dev/null || exit_nicely
+
+echo "Creating view pg_rules."
+echo "CREATE VIEW pg_rules AS
+        SELECT
+            C.relname AS tablename,
+            R.rulename AS rulename,
+       pg_get_ruledef(R.rulename) AS definition
+   FROM pg_rewrite R, pg_class C
+   WHERE R.rulename !~ '^_RET'
+            AND C.oid = R.ev_class;" \
+   | $PGPATH/postgres $PGSQL_OPT template1 > /dev/null || exit_nicely
+
+echo "Creating view pg_views."
+echo "CREATE VIEW pg_views AS
+        SELECT
+            C.relname AS viewname,
+            pg_get_userbyid(C.relowner) AS viewowner,
+            pg_get_viewdef(C.relname) AS definition
+        FROM pg_class C
+        WHERE C.relhasrules
+            AND    EXISTS (
+                SELECT rulename FROM pg_rewrite R
+                    WHERE ev_class = C.oid AND ev_type = '1'
+            )" \
+   | $PGPATH/postgres $PGSQL_OPT template1 > /dev/null || exit_nicely
+
+echo "Creating view pg_tables."
+echo "CREATE VIEW pg_tables AS
+        SELECT
+            C.relname AS tablename,
+       pg_get_userbyid(C.relowner) AS tableowner,
+       C.relhasindex AS hasindexes,
+       C.relhasrules AS hasrules,
+       (C.reltriggers > 0) AS hastriggers
+        FROM pg_class C
+        WHERE C.relkind IN ('r', 's')
+            AND NOT EXISTS (
+                SELECT rulename FROM pg_rewrite
+                    WHERE ev_class = C.oid AND ev_type = '1'
+            )" \
+   | $PGPATH/postgres $PGSQL_OPT template1 > /dev/null || exit_nicely
+
+echo "Creating view pg_indexes."
+echo "CREATE VIEW pg_indexes AS
+        SELECT
+            C.relname AS tablename,
+       I.relname AS indexname,
+            pg_get_indexdef(X.indexrelid) AS indexdef
+        FROM pg_index X, pg_class C, pg_class I
+   WHERE C.oid = X.indrelid
+            AND I.oid = X.indexrelid" \
+        | $PGPATH/postgres $PGSQL_OPT template1 > /dev/null || exit_nicely
+
+echo "Loading pg_description."
+echo "COPY pg_description FROM '$TEMPLATE_DESCR'" \
+   | $PGPATH/postgres $PGSQL_OPT template1 > /dev/null || exit_nicely
+echo "COPY pg_description FROM '$GLOBAL_DESCR'" \
+   | $PGPATH/postgres $PGSQL_OPT template1 > /dev/null || exit_nicely
+echo "Vacuuming database."
+echo "VACUUM ANALYZE" \
+   | $PGPATH/postgres $PGSQL_OPT template1 > /dev/null || exit_nicely
+
+echo
+echo "$CMDNAME completed successfully. You can now start the database server."
+echo "($PGPATH/postmaster -D $PGDATA)"
+echo
+
+exit 0

diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_shadow.h b/src/include/catalog/pg_shadow.h
index 1a54a92070ff06ff195f5758c5c048ecc32438d4..781caca899b7a655f034de8c41230b3c9e24fa7b 100644 (file)
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_shadow.h
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_shadow.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $Id: pg_shadow.h,v 1.4 1999/02/13 23:21:14 momjian Exp $
+ * $Id: pg_shadow.h,v 1.5 1999/12/17 01:05:31 momjian Exp $
  *
  * NOTES
  *   the genbki.sh script reads this file and generates .bki
@@ -67,39 +67,11 @@ typedef FormData_pg_shadow *Form_pg_shadow;
 
 /* ----------------
  *     initial contents of pg_shadow
+ *
+ * The uppercase quantities will be replaced at initdb time with
+ * user choices.
  * ----------------
  */
-DATA(insert OID = 0 ( postgres PGUID t t t t _null_ 2116994400 ));
-
-BKI_BEGIN
-#ifdef ALLOW_PG_GROUP
-BKI_END
-
-DATA(insert OID = 0 ( mike 799 t t t t _null_ 2116994400 ));
-DATA(insert OID = 0 ( mao 1806 t t t t _null_ 2116994400 ));
-DATA(insert OID = 0 ( hellers 1089 t t t t _null_ 2116994400 ));
-DATA(insert OID = 0 ( joey 5209 t t t t _null_ 2116994400 ));
-DATA(insert OID = 0 ( jolly 5443 t t t t _null_ 2116994400 ));
-DATA(insert OID = 0 ( sunita 6559 t t t t _null_ 2116994400 ));
-DATA(insert OID = 0 ( paxson 3029 t t t t _null_ 2116994400 ));
-DATA(insert OID = 0 ( marc 2435 t t t t _null_ 2116994400 ));
-DATA(insert OID = 0 ( jiangwu 6124 t t t t _null_ 2116994400 ));
-DATA(insert OID = 0 ( aoki 2360 t t t t _null_ 2116994400 ));
-DATA(insert OID = 0 ( avi 31080 t t t t _null_ 2116994400 ));
-DATA(insert OID = 0 ( kristin 1123 t t t t _null_ 2116994400 ));
-DATA(insert OID = 0 ( andrew 5229 t t t t _null_ 2116994400 ));
-DATA(insert OID = 0 ( nobuko 5493 t t t t _null_ 2116994400 ));
-DATA(insert OID = 0 ( hartzell 6676 t t t t _null_ 2116994400 ));
-DATA(insert OID = 0 ( devine 6724 t t t t _null_ 2116994400 ));
-DATA(insert OID = 0 ( boris 6396 t t t t _null_ 2116994400 ));
-DATA(insert OID = 0 ( sklower 354 t t t t _null_ 2116994400 ));
-DATA(insert OID = 0 ( marcel 31113 t t t t _null_ 2116994400 ));
-DATA(insert OID = 0 ( ginger 3692 t t t t _null_ 2116994400 ));
-DATA(insert OID = 0 ( woodruff 31026 t t t t _null_ 2116994400 ));
-DATA(insert OID = 0 ( searcher 8261 t t t t _null_ 2116994400 ));
-
-BKI_BEGIN
-#endif  /* ALLOW_PG_GROUP */
-BKI_END
+DATA(insert OID = 0 ( POSTGRES PGUID t t t t PASSWORD _null_ ));
 
 #endif  /* PG_SHADOW_H */