added PG_PASSWORD variable to specify password for postgres user

Refer #43

Changelog.md

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 
+**latest**
+- added `PG_PASSWORD` variable to specify password for `postgres` user
+
 **9.4-9**
 - complete rewrite
 - `PSQL_TRUST_LOCALNET` config parameter renamed to `PG_TRUST_LOCALNET`

README.md

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   - [Quickstart](#quickstart)
   - [Persistence](#persistence)
   - [Trusting local connections](#trusting-local-connections)
+  - [Setting `postgres` user password](#setting-postgres-user-password)
   - [Creating database user](#creating-database-user)
   - [Creating databases](#creating-databases)
   - [Enabling unaccent extension](#enabling-unaccent-extension)
@@ -115,6 +116,22 @@ docker run --name postgresql -itd --restart always \
 >
 > The local network here is network to which the container is attached. This has different meanings depending on the `--net` parameter specified while starting the container. In the default configuration, this parameter would trust connections from other containers on the `docker0` bridge.
 
+## Setting `postgres` user password
+
+By default the `postgres` user is not assigned a password and as a result you can only login to the PostgreSQL server locally. If you wish to login remotely to the PostgreSQL server as the `postgres` user, you will need to assign a password for the user using the `PG_PASSWORD` variable.
+
+```bash
+docker run --name postgresql -itd --restart always \
+  --env 'PG_PASSWORD=passw0rd' \
+  sameersbn/postgresql:9.4-10
+```
+
+
+> **Note**
+>
+> - When [persistence](#persistence) is in use, `PG_PASSWORD` is effective on the first run.
+> - This feature is only available in the `latest` and versions > `9.4-10`
+
 ## Creating database user
 
 A new PostgreSQL database user can be created by specifying the `DB_USER` and `DB_PASS` variables while starting the container.

runtime/functions

@@ -203,8 +203,12 @@ initialize_database() {
           mv ${PG_HOME}/${PG_OLD_VERSION}.migrating ${PG_HOME}/${PG_OLD_VERSION}
         fi
 
+        if [[ -n $PG_PASSWORD ]]; then
+          echo "${PG_PASSWORD}" > /tmp/pwfile
+        fi
+
         exec_as_postgres ${PG_BINDIR}/initdb --pgdata=${PG_DATADIR} \
-          --username=${PG_USER} --encoding=unicode --auth=trust >/dev/null
+          --username=${PG_USER} --encoding=unicode --auth=trust ${PG_PASSWORD:+--pwfile=/tmp/pwfile} >/dev/null
 
         if [[ -n ${PG_OLD_VERSION} ]]; then
           PG_OLD_BINDIR=/usr/lib/postgresql/${PG_OLD_VERSION}/bin