BUG #16428: pg_ctl unusable after standard install

Hi,

You must run the pg_ctl using the superuser account. By default the
installer sets it to 'postgres'.

On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 3:26 PM PG Bug reporting form <
noreply@postgresql.org> wrote:

The following bug has been logged on the website:

Bug reference: 16428
Logged by: James Underwood
Email address: droolinggeezer@gmail.com
PostgreSQL version: 12.2
Operating system: MacOs Catalina
Description:

After successfully using the standard MacOS installer, I had a running
postgres server that I could not control via pg_ctl which reported:

pg_ctl: could not open PID file xxxxxxxxx : Permission denied

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Sandeep Thakkar