Re: postgresql startup script
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 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 '/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl -w -D/var/lib/postgres/data -o
> "-i" start'
>
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