Re: postgresql startup script

2001-02-25 Thread Andrew Perrin
Unfortunately, no, it doesn't. It comes with pg_ctl, which is as far as I can tell just a wrapper around postmaster. Since sending the message, I've solved the problem thusly, and it seems to work: (contents of /etc/init.d/postgresql :) #! /bin/sh # # To stop postgresql running, do # ln -sf /b

Re: postgresql startup script

2001-02-25 Thread Aaron Brashears
Does the source distribution come with the file bin/postresql-startup in the PGHOME directory? In the debian distribution, this script is called by /etc/init.d/postgresql and handles startup based on the configuration file. On Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 08:52:02PM -0500, Andrew Perrin wrote: > Could so

postgresql startup script

2001-02-25 Thread Andrew Perrin
Could some kind soul help out with this? I built postgres from source instead of using the .deb, and all works fine except for having it start on bootup. I'm stuck on trying to get the startup script to run as user 'postgres' instead of as root. I tried to have it issue the command: su postgres