-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Carlos Moreno wrote: > Johann Maar wrote: >> But if I try to start PostgreSQL by running "sudo /etc/init.d/ >> postgresql start" it will fail because it tries to write a PID file to >> "/var/run/postgresql" which does not exist. If I create this directory >> and set the permissions for postgres to write it works (!), but after >> the next restart of the machine the directory is already gone. > > With Red Hat systems, you would do chkconfig postgresql on if you > installed > the postgresql that they distribute. > > On Ubuntu (and I imagine with all Debian-based systems), AFAIK you have > to manually adjust the init scripts for the runlevels that you want. > Assuming
You can use update-rc.d. Joshua D. Drake - -- === The PostgreSQL Company: Command Prompt, Inc. === Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240 PostgreSQL solutions since 1997 http://www.commandprompt.com/ UNIQUE NOT NULL Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate PostgreSQL Replication: http://www.commandprompt.com/products/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFG+pxmATb/zqfZUUQRAmHeAJ9DhNAHqrM+lYeCwYeSH+WOfVkHDgCdGlyN /mKS9XFfGJTM2HkctVTURsM= =hBY/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org/