diff --git a/src/Makefile.global b/src/Makefile.global
index 0491aef000b06a89e470d680ee653f8584ee82fd..bb04db453f1024df39cc204f13c37e18602c8b71 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.global
+++ b/src/Makefile.global
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #
 #
 # IDENTIFICATION
-#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/Attic/Makefile.global,v 1.30 1996/09/16 06:32:25 scrappy Exp $
+#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/Attic/Makefile.global,v 1.31 1996/09/21 06:23:57 scrappy Exp $
 #
 # NOTES
 #    This is seen by any Makefiles that include mk/postgres.mk. To
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ POSTDOCDIR=	$(POSTGRESDIR)/doc
 # Where the header files necessary to build frontend programs get installed.
 HEADERDIR=	$(POSTGRESDIR)/include
 
+# The port to run the postmaster on
+POSTPORT= 5432
+
 # NAMEDATALEN is the max length for system identifiers (e.g. table names, 
 # attribute names, function names, etc.)  
 #
@@ -278,7 +281,7 @@ CFLAGS+= -DPORTNAME_$(PORTNAME) -D$(PORTNAME)
 CFLAGS += -I../../backend/port/$(PORTNAME)
 
 # Globally pass the default TCP port for postmaster(1).
-CFLAGS+= -DPOSTPORT='"6543"'
+CFLAGS+= -DPOSTPORT='"$(POSTPORT)"'
 
 # include flags from mk/port/postgres.mk.$(PORTNAME)
 CFLAGS+= $(CFLAGS_BE)
diff --git a/src/bin/createdb/createdb.sh b/src/bin/createdb/createdb.sh
index db41e1d0277c9dbeed9c659dab1c42836d999f20..819cb54891e80e634d6488d13da39496dd8aec85 100644
--- a/src/bin/createdb/createdb.sh
+++ b/src/bin/createdb/createdb.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 #
 # IDENTIFICATION
-#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/createdb/Attic/createdb.sh,v 1.3 1996/07/27 02:19:00 scrappy Exp $
+#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/createdb/Attic/createdb.sh,v 1.4 1996/09/21 06:24:07 scrappy Exp $
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #	PGDATA, PGHOST, and PGPORT
 #
 # ----------------
-[ -z "$PGPORT" ] && PGPORT=5432
+[ -z "$PGPORT" ] && PGPORT=_fUnKy_POSTPORT_sTuFf_
 [ -z "$PGHOST" ] && PGHOST=localhost
 BINDIR=_fUnKy_BINDIR_sTuFf_
 PATH=$BINDIR:$PATH
diff --git a/src/bin/createuser/createuser.sh b/src/bin/createuser/createuser.sh
index 56dfb53ed49f73a41eeaa32432f0b50497b9c78a..4312a555dce7a1cdafba047e6dcea4a2e63860db 100644
--- a/src/bin/createuser/createuser.sh
+++ b/src/bin/createuser/createuser.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #
 #
 # IDENTIFICATION
-#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/createuser/Attic/createuser.sh,v 1.3 1996/07/27 02:19:06 scrappy Exp $
+#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/createuser/Attic/createuser.sh,v 1.4 1996/09/21 06:24:19 scrappy Exp $
 #
 # Note - this should NOT be setuid.
 #
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #       PGDATA, PGHOST, and PGPORT
 #
 # ----------------
-[ -z "$PGPORT" ] && PGPORT=5432
+[ -z "$PGPORT" ] && PGPORT=_fUnKy_POSTPORT_sTuFf_
 [ -z "$PGHOST" ] && PGHOST=localhost
 BINDIR=_fUnKy_BINDIR_sTuFf_
 PATH=$BINDIR:$PATH
diff --git a/src/bin/destroydb/destroydb.sh b/src/bin/destroydb/destroydb.sh
index 5c069779818514e4eb64c206f864701efeac2dd7..cddd2d967001cca8c5c9302ad03530fdfe3b198f 100644
--- a/src/bin/destroydb/destroydb.sh
+++ b/src/bin/destroydb/destroydb.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 #
 # IDENTIFICATION
-#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/destroydb/Attic/destroydb.sh,v 1.3 1996/07/27 02:19:12 scrappy Exp $
+#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/destroydb/Attic/destroydb.sh,v 1.4 1996/09/21 06:24:24 scrappy Exp $
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #       PGDATA, PGHOST, and PGPORT
 #
 # ----------------
-[ -z "$PGPORT" ] && PGPORT=5432
+[ -z "$PGPORT" ] && PGPORT=_fUnKy_POSTPORT_sTuFf_
 [ -z "$PGHOST" ] && PGHOST=localhost
 BINDIR=_fUnKy_BINDIR_sTuFf_
 PATH=$BINDIR:$PATH
diff --git a/src/bin/destroyuser/destroyuser.sh b/src/bin/destroyuser/destroyuser.sh
index 4e361cb2168b1002f7dfc34526050a294dcabae8..8f6afc1ee73c8d713605ba463db5e88a522bcef0 100644
--- a/src/bin/destroyuser/destroyuser.sh
+++ b/src/bin/destroyuser/destroyuser.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #
 #
 # IDENTIFICATION
-#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/destroyuser/Attic/destroyuser.sh,v 1.3 1996/07/27 02:19:18 scrappy Exp $
+#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/destroyuser/Attic/destroyuser.sh,v 1.4 1996/09/21 06:24:31 scrappy Exp $
 #
 # Note - this should NOT be setuid.
 #
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #       PGDATA, PGHOST, and PGPORT
 #
 # ----------------
-[ -z "$PGPORT" ] && PGPORT=5432
+[ -z "$PGPORT" ] && PGPORT=_fUnKy_POSTPORT_sTuFf_
 [ -z "$PGHOST" ] && PGHOST=localhost
 BINDIR=_fUnKy_BINDIR_sTuFf_
 PATH=$BINDIR:$PATH
diff --git a/src/bin/initdb/initdb.sh b/src/bin/initdb/initdb.sh
index dfdcc60862657e518e84c5f104d43e329222f48b..1e22e99b0291c63f29dae7a8e79fc8b22c44cc1d 100644
--- a/src/bin/initdb/initdb.sh
+++ b/src/bin/initdb/initdb.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #
 #
 # IDENTIFICATION
-#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/initdb/Attic/initdb.sh,v 1.4 1996/07/23 03:03:19 scrappy Exp $
+#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/initdb/Attic/initdb.sh,v 1.5 1996/09/21 06:24:41 scrappy Exp $
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #
 # ----------------
 [ -z "$PGDATA" ] && { PGDATA=_fUnKy_DATADIR_sTuFf_; export PGDATA; }
-[ -z "$PGPORT" ] && { PGPORT=5432; export PGPORT; }
+[ -z "$PGPORT" ] && { PGPORT=_fUnKy_POSTPORT_sTuFf_; export PGPORT; }
 [ -z "$PGHOST" ] && { PGHOST=localhost; export PGHOST; }
 POSTGRESDIR=_fUnKy_POSTGRESDIR_sTuFf_
 BINDIR=_fUnKy_BINDIR_sTuFf_