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| -rwxr-xr-x | contrib/linux/postgres.init | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/linux/postgres.init b/contrib/linux/postgres.init index da1c06df4ca..c6243df0650 100755 --- a/contrib/linux/postgres.init +++ b/contrib/linux/postgres.init @@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ # based on news startup by David Myers # # Written for RedHat Linux but should apply to other Linux distributions. +# +# To be installed as /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgres.init +# Softlink into rc5.d to bring up with multiuser and networking: +# cd /etc/rc.d/rc5.d; ln -s ../init.d/postgres.init S98postgres +# # Assumptions: # - the postgres user is named "postgres" # - the postgres user is running csh/tcsh @@ -32,6 +37,7 @@ case "$1" in echo -n "Starting postgres service: " # force full login to get path names and environment variables # postgres runs tcsh so use proper syntax in redirection +# change this line if the postgres superuser account is not "postgres" # change this line if another shell syntax is necessary # su - postgres -c 'postmaster -S' > /dev/null& su - postgres -c 'postmaster >>&! /tmp/postmaster.log&' > /dev/null& |