On Sat, Oct 02, 1999 at 04:36:04PM +0200, Piotr Roszatycki wrote: > I've install postgresql on my home computer. I need this daemon only > sometimes. I don't want to start it every time I reboot system.
you need to do something non-standard, so you should do a little bit of work to accommodate your own needs. if i needed to do the above then i would edit /etc/init.d/postgresql and (in the case statement) change "start)" to "go)". this way, it would not get started at boot time, but i could easily start it by running "/etc/init.d/postgresql go". pros: simple. takes <20 seconds with vi. minimal change, so follows principle of least surprise. easy to remember. init.d scripts are conffiles so it won't be automatically replaced at the next upgrade. cons: you have to re-do the change if you ever upgrade and answer "Y" to dpkg's question about replacing /etc/init.d/postgresql. craig -- craig sanders