"Marc Fromm" <Marc.Fromm@xxxxxxx> writes: > 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. One of them is the postmaster. postmaster and postgres are identical in recent PG releases; what you're looking at is just a difference between pg_ctl and the initscript about which name they choose to use. regards, tom lane -- 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