"Jim C. Nasby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Except that the shell that's running su would be root, not pgsql, at > least in the case of FreeBSD. The guts of the current port's rc.d file > are:
> su -l ${postgresql_user} -c "exec ${command} ${command_args} ${rc_arg}" Yeah, but what's the ${command} ? If it's pg_ctl then all he's missing is the recent change to check getppid. If it's execing postmaster directly then maybe we need another theory. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq