Hello Faeiz, When setting up our SuSE server, I found this page, and figured that I should probably comply with the recommendations I found there, even though we were setting things up "by hand" rather than through an RPM: http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/11256.html We started with the linux script in the contrib/start-scripts directory of the distribution. We added this near the front: ### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides: postresql # Required-Start: $local_fs $network $syslog # Should-Start: nthd # Required-Stop: # Default-Start: 2 3 4 5 # Default-Stop: 0 1 6 # Short-Description: PostgreSQL RDBMS # Description: PostgreSQL RDBMS service on port 5432 ### END INIT INFO We found it necessary to change the script to use pg_ctl to start the service rather than using postmaster directly. We copied the script to /etc/init.d/ as postgresql, set the executable flag, and ran the following: /usr/lib/lsb/install_initd /etc/init.d/postgresql After that, you can use chkconfig as needed. This has worked for us, although if there's a flaw in it, I'd welcome any suggestions. I'm reluctant to post my entire script publicly without some review by someone who kinows Linux better than I do, for fear that my ignorance could cause people more harm than good. As usual, YMMV, proceed with caution, etc. The usual Linux advice regarding SHMMAX, scheduling (elevator=deadline), and file system configuration (/etc/fstab noatime, etc.) applies. If you need help with these on SuSE, let me know. I hope this helps. -Kevin >>> faeiz <faeizm@xxxxxxxxx> >>> Dear Admins, I am a new user, and I am running Suse Linux 9.3... I have sucessfully installed PostgreSQL 8.0.3 The problem I am having is that my postgreSQL does not run in the background. I have looked at the readme also they do have a command to get postgres running in the background, but after I restart my machine, it stops running.. I was wandering if you people could provide me with a step by step walk through getting postgres running permantly in the back ground. Thanks. -- faeiz ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
