My system is Fedora Core 7 running postgresql 8.2.3-2. I can shutdown postgres and the postmaster with the single command "pg_ctl stop -m smart." According to the documentation I can restart the postmaster with "pg_ctl start." When I enter pg_ctl start, everything starts except the postmaster. Checking ps ax | grep post displays 4 postgres processes and no postmaster. If I run "service postgresql start" instead of "pg_ctl start" then everything starts, including the postmaster. How come "pg_ctl start" does not start the postmaster? Why does "service postgresql start" start the postmaster and all of postgres, but it is not mentioned in the documentation? What is the correct way to stop and start postgresql? thanks Marc Fromm Information Technology Specialist II Financial Aid Department Western Washington University Phone: 360-650-3351 Fax: 360-788-0251 -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://mail.postgresql.org/mj/mj_wwwusr?domain=postgresql.org&extra=pgsql-admin
