On Sun, 2009-06-28 at 00:32 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > "Armin Jenewein" <jenew...@googlemail.com> writes: > > When i run "/etc/init.d/postgresql status" as a non-root user, it shows > > "postmaster is stopped" while it actually is running. If i run it as root it > > reports correctly. > > AFAICS this just depends on "pidof postmaster". Perhaps you should be > filing a bug against pidof.
First, though, make sure that SELinux isn't hiding the `postmaster' process from your normal users. Make sure you can actually see it with `ps aux' or `ps -ef' . -- Craig Ringer -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs