Re: how to start postgresql server at machine startup?
On Tue, 28 Oct 2008, Star Liu wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 10:58 AM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> > On 10/27/08 21:07, Star Liu wrote:
> >>
> >> I installed postgresql server in my machine, but i does not start
> >> automatically at startup time, so i need to mannually type these
> >> commands to start it everytime when i restart system
> >>
> >> Desktop:~# su postgres
> >> Desktop:/root$ cd ~
> >> Desktop:~$ postgres -D ~/data >~/log/logfile 2>&1 &
> >>
> >> i tried to add this command line into /etc/X11/Xsession.d/95StarHabit:
> >
> > Why the heck would you put it in an X script??????????
> I do not know, I just put all the things I want to do at system
> startup into this file
>
> >> su -c "postgres -D /var/lib/postgresql/data >
> >> /var/lib/postgresql/log/logfile 2>&1 &" postgres
> >> but it doesn't work
> >>
> >> how can i make these commands automatically executed at system startup?
> >> thanks
> >
> > How did you install PostgreSQL? If thru a Debian package, then Debian will
> > handle all this for you.
> Yes, i installed it thru debian package, but it doesn't start up at
> system startup, so i need to start it by myself, is there anyway to
> automate it? thanks
>
Are you sure its not starting and just listening on the localhost
interface? This is how it comes configured by default. If you want it to
listen on a different interface you have to edit
/etc/postgresql/8.3/main/postgresql.conf to reflect that and restart it
through /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.3 restart .
jeff
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