Data directory "/var/lib/postgresql/data/pgdata" has wrong ownership

Workaround: add the environment variable PGDATA: /tmp to your docker-compose file.

Here’s mine:

version: '2'

services:
  postgres:
    image: postgres:latest
    #tty: true
    ports:
      - "5432:5432"
    volumes:
      - f:/data/docker/postgresql/data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    environment:
      POSTGRES_USER: postgres
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: docker
      POSTGRES_DB: db
      PGDATA: /tmp
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