You're wrong. Let's take a look:
Section 18.3.1 > HINT: Is another postmaster already running on port 5432? > What is the name of the process used here? 12 лип. 2026 р. о 10:12 Laurenz > Albe <[email protected]> пише: > > On Sun, 2026-07-12 at 07:46 +0300, Yaroslav Saburov wrote: >> postgres@sql:~$ cat /pgdatabase/data/postmaster.pid >> 58 >> /pgdatabase/data >> 1783830699 >> 5432 >> /var/run/postgresql >> localhost >> 24381256 0 >> ready >> postgres@sql:~$ ps 58 >> PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND >> 58 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/lib/postgresql/18/bin/postgres -D >> /pgdatabase/data -c config_file=/etc/postgresql/18/main/postgresql.conf >> >> Show me process postmaster? > > You found it! > > "Postmaster" is not the name of the executable or the process title (any > more), > it is just what we call that process. It is a technical term. > > Yours, > Laurenz Albe
