"Gavrina, Irina" <igavrina@xxxxxxx> writes: > I've faced with the following problem: I'm trying to implement the auto > start of postgres. My way is to use inittab: > pg:2345:respawn:/bin/su - postgres -c "/usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster > -D/usr/local/pgsql/data >> /usr/local/pgsql/server.log 2>&1" /dev/null > But this approach does not work as I wished in case of the postmaster > process dies - it can not be restarted until all child processes are > stopped. And I have to do it manually. If the postmaster is dying often enough that this is a serious concern, you have problems you need to fix. If this is Linux, maybe you need to prevent the OOM killer from touching the postmaster? 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
