From 7ada16829f5896f6c76bf537a193156285d4fc8c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: skyscooby <4450935+skyscooby@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 21:07:29 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Update README.md

Add the simplest solution to this issue as #1.
---
 postgres/README.md | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/postgres/README.md b/postgres/README.md
index be5f3acf50a1..8aee8eed750f 100644
--- a/postgres/README.md
+++ b/postgres/README.md
@@ -335,11 +335,12 @@ $ docker run -it --rm --user 1000:1000 -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=mysecretpassword pos
 initdb: could not look up effective user ID 1000: user does not exist
 ```
 
-The three easiest ways to get around this:
+The four easiest ways to get around this:
+1.	use the matching UID:GID that the container installs for postgres user/group. This being 999:999 for Debian based containers and 70:70 for Alpine based containers.
 
-1.	allow the image to use [the `nss_wrapper` library](https://cwrap.org/nss_wrapper.html) to "fake" `/etc/passwd` contents for you (see [docker-library/postgres#448](https://github.com/docker-library/postgres/pull/448) for more details)
+2.	allow the image to use [the `nss_wrapper` library](https://cwrap.org/nss_wrapper.html) to "fake" `/etc/passwd` contents for you (see [docker-library/postgres#448](https://github.com/docker-library/postgres/pull/448) for more details)
 
-2.	bind-mount `/etc/passwd` read-only from the host (if the UID you desire is a valid user on your host):
+3.	bind-mount `/etc/passwd` read-only from the host (if the UID you desire is a valid user on your host):
 
 	```console
 	$ docker run -it --rm --user "$(id -u):$(id -g)" -v /etc/passwd:/etc/passwd:ro -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=mysecretpassword postgres
@@ -347,7 +348,7 @@ The three easiest ways to get around this:
 	...
 	```
 
-3.	initialize the target directory separately from the final runtime (with a `chown` in between):
+4.	initialize the target directory separately from the final runtime (with a `chown` in between):
 
 	```console
 	$ docker volume create pgdata

From 3ccf2c70a13a41f66bb5c44384e081bbc1713de1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: skyscooby <4450935+skyscooby@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 21:11:17 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Update README.md

Clarify on host machine, add blank line.
---
 postgres/README.md | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/postgres/README.md b/postgres/README.md
index 8aee8eed750f..1b73f9be5bc3 100644
--- a/postgres/README.md
+++ b/postgres/README.md
@@ -336,7 +336,8 @@ initdb: could not look up effective user ID 1000: user does not exist
 ```
 
 The four easiest ways to get around this:
-1.	use the matching UID:GID that the container installs for postgres user/group. This being 999:999 for Debian based containers and 70:70 for Alpine based containers.
+
+1.	on host machine, use the matching UID:GID that the container installs for postgres user/group. This being 999:999 for Debian based containers and 70:70 for Alpine based containers.
 
 2.	allow the image to use [the `nss_wrapper` library](https://cwrap.org/nss_wrapper.html) to "fake" `/etc/passwd` contents for you (see [docker-library/postgres#448](https://github.com/docker-library/postgres/pull/448) for more details)
 

From 14555a0be202a588e827048d19b8ed14b48854f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: skyscooby <4450935+skyscooby@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 21:13:53 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Update README.md

Cleanup English.
---
 postgres/README.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/postgres/README.md b/postgres/README.md
index 1b73f9be5bc3..995d62d47909 100644
--- a/postgres/README.md
+++ b/postgres/README.md
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ initdb: could not look up effective user ID 1000: user does not exist
 
 The four easiest ways to get around this:
 
-1.	on host machine, use the matching UID:GID that the container installs for postgres user/group. This being 999:999 for Debian based containers and 70:70 for Alpine based containers.
+1.	on the host, use the same UID:GID that the container defines for postgres user/group. These are 999:999 for Debian based containers and 70:70 for Alpine based containers.
 
 2.	allow the image to use [the `nss_wrapper` library](https://cwrap.org/nss_wrapper.html) to "fake" `/etc/passwd` contents for you (see [docker-library/postgres#448](https://github.com/docker-library/postgres/pull/448) for more details)