Thom Brown <thom@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On 6 August 2010 17:49, Denis BUCHER <dbucherml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I was unable to stop postgres, I always got "[FAILED] : >> * /etc/init.d/postgresql stop >> * service postgresql stop >> * /sbin/service postgresql stop > 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. I'm wondering about permissions problems. initscripts normally only work when called by root. Being able to call pg_ctl directly suggests he was logged in as the postgres user. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
