Calling "rc-service postgresql-14 status" as a user (without sudo) causes it to prompt for a password. Presumably, this is coming from this section of the init script: status() { ebegin "Checking PostgreSQL 14 status" su - postgres -c "${PG_CTL} status -D ${DATA_DIR}" eend $? } The password prompt implies that it's asking for the user's password, or maybe the root password. In this case, it shouldn't be asking for any password at all, since the "postgres" user doesn't have a password set (on my machine, at least). One possible solution might be to check whether the current user will be able to "su - postgres" without a password BEFORE actually trying to switch users. Is UID 0 the only time when "su - foo" doesn't need a password? If so, adding a simple UID check could resolve the issue. The "su - postgres" line appears several times in the init script. There are probably several places where this should be fixed. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Set up postgressql 2. As a standard logged-in (non root) user, run "rc-service status postgressql-14" Actual Results: The script asks for a password. Expected Results: The init script should fail with an error condition.
