On Tue, 2002-10-29 at 08:55, Simon Bryan wrote: > Second question today on re-starting! I use a psotgres database on an RH7.2 > server, it installed a postgresql script in /etc/rc.d/init.d however when I > run it there is no output and nothing happens, the prompt simply displays on > the next line on the screen. There are no entries in the logs that I can > find and postgres does not stop\start\restart. The script seems OK to me and > is 755 owned by root and in the root group
I'll leave the script to the experts, but I can say using the pg_ctl script seems to be the way to manage postmaster. Quoting from man page, "pg_ctl is a utility for starting, stopping, or restarting postmaster(1), the PostgreSQL backend server, or displaying the status of a running postmaster. Although the postmaster can be started manually, pg_ctl encapulates tasks such as redirecting log output, properly detaching from the terminal and process group, and it provides convenient options for controlled shutdown." so to start my postmaster, I use: > /usr/bin/pg_ctl -D /usr/local/pgsql/data -l logfile start to stop it: /usr/bin/pg_ctl -D /usr/local/pgsql/data stop and to see status: /usr/bin/pg_ctl -D /usr/local/pgsql/data status --------------------------------------------------------------------- "In the struggle of Good against Evil, it's always the people who get killed." -- Eduardo Galeano -- 16:44:07 up 3 days, 17:44, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.02, 0.00-- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
