提交 37e55354 编写于 作者: B Bruce Momjian

Add mention of init -W flag for security.

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<para>
Before you can do anything, you must initialize a database storage
area on disk. We call this a <firstterm>database
cluster</firstterm>. (<acronym>SQL</acronym> speaks of a catalog
cluster instead.) A database cluster is a collection of databases
that will be accessible through a single instance of a running
database server. After initialization, a database cluster will
contain one database named <literal>template1</literal>. As the
name suggests, this will be used as a template for any subsequently
created database; it should not be used for actual work.
area on disk. We call this a <firstterm>database cluster</firstterm>.
(<acronym>SQL</acronym> speaks of a catalog cluster instead.) A
database cluster is a collection of databases that will be accessible
through a single instance of a running database server. After
initialization, a database cluster will contain one database named
<literal>template1</literal>. As the name suggests, this will be used
as a template for any subsequently created database; it should not be
used for actual work.
</para>
<para>
In file system terms, a database cluster will be a single directory
under which all data will be stored. We call this the
<firstterm>data directory</firstterm> or <firstterm>data
area</firstterm>. It is completely up to you where you choose to
store your data, there is no default, although locations such as
under which all data will be stored. We call this the <firstterm>data
directory</firstterm> or <firstterm>data area</firstterm>. It is
completely up to you where you choose to store your data, there is no
default, although locations such as
<filename>/usr/local/pgsql/data</filename> or
<filename>/var/lib/pgsql/data</filename> are popular. To initialize
a database cluster, use the command <command>initdb</command>,
which is installed with <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>. The
desired file system location of your database system is indicated
by the <option>-D</option> option, for example
<filename>/var/lib/pgsql/data</filename> are popular. To initialize a
database cluster, use the command <command>initdb</command>, which is
installed with <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>. The desired
file system location of your database system is indicated by the
<option>-D</option> option, for example
<screen>
&gt; <userinput>initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data</userinput>
</screen>
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permissions from everyone but the <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> user account.
</para>
<para>
However, while the directory contents are secure, the default
<filename>pg_hba.conf</filename> authentication of
<literal>trust</literal> allows any local user to become the
superuser and connect to the database. If you don't trust your local
users, we recommend you use the <command>initdb</command> option
<option>-W</option> or <option>--pwprompt</option> to assign a
password to the superuser and modify your
<filename>pg_hba.conf</filename> accordingly. (Another option:
Your operating system may support <literal>ident</literal> for
local connections.)
</para>
<para>
<indexterm><primary>LC_COLLATE</></>
One surprise you might encounter while running <command>initdb</command> is
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