On Sun, 8 Mar 1998, Remco van de Meent wrote: > On Sun, 8 Mar 1998, Johann Spies wrote: > > : How do I get the postgresql (6.3) postmaster to start running from the > : start. ...does not work on my debian machine: > : putting it in the inittab-file or putting the postgres.init script in > : /etc/rc.d/init.d.
> You need to create symlinks from the /etc/init.d dir to /etc/rc[12345].d > too. Just have a look how most of the things are managed. Thanks for your reply. I have tried that, without any success. > Otherwise, create a crontab entry (cron -e -u postgres) for the user running > postgresql. "@reboot /path/to/program" will start "program" when starting > crond. I have also tried that. I think it should be crontab -e -u postgres. ^^^ I put the following line in there: @reboot /usr/local/bin/postmaster -S -o'-e -F' That also did not do the job. Johann ------------------------------------------------ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Windsorlaan 19 Pietermaritzburg 3201 Suid Afrika (South Africa) Tel/Faks Nr. +27 331-46-1310 -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .