Re: Starting postmaster (postgresql) at boot time

[Remco van de Meent <rvdmeent@xs4all.nl>]

On Sun, 8 Mar 1998, Johann Spies wrote:

 : How do I get the postgresql (6.3) postmaster to start running from the
 : start.  I have tried the solutions suggested in the postgresql contrib
 : directories for Redhat, but it 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.

Otherwise, create a crontab entry (cron -e -u postgres) for the user running
postgresql. "@reboot   /path/to/program" will start "program" when starting
crond.


bye,
Remco


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