On 6 August 2010 17:49, Denis BUCHER <dbucherml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dear all, > > For once, I will simply publish a solution instead of asking a question. > Let's hope it will be useful to someone. > > I was unable to stop postgres, I always got "[FAILED] : > * /etc/init.d/postgresql stop > * service postgresql stop > * /sbin/service postgresql stop > > The only solution that worked in that case was : > * /usr/bin/pg_ctl stop > > Have a nice day ! > > Denis > Surely it depends what the packager put into the init.d script? Plus there's the "zap" option for some setups if you're desperate, although I don't know if that issues a SIGINT or a SIGQUIT. Hopefully the former. But really your init.d script should be issuing that pg_ctl stop command anyway, so don't know why you're getting failed messages. -- Thom Brown Registered Linux user: #516935 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
