Karthik wrote: > I have observed by default posgresql 8.x onwards starts as daemon process. Is there a way to avoid > it. I want it to run as normal process. The parent of the server process should be the process that > starts the server instead of being PID 1 ( init ). Till 7.4.2 ( Which was the older version used by us > ) was using running in normal mode. The same behavior is necessary as we have our watchdog failing to > identify that it server is actually running. > > ( Transcript to help you what I am talking about ) > > c670e04:rkananth 16] /usr/local/bin/postgres --version > postgres (PostgreSQL) 9.0.7 > > c670e04:rkananth 11] postgres -D /data/db/postgres > c670e04:rkananth 12] ps -A | grep post > 65165 ?? Ss 0:00.01 /usr/local/bin/postgres > 65167 ?? Ss 0:00.00 postgres: writer process (postgres) > 65168 ?? Ss 0:00.00 postgres: wal writer process (postgres) > 65169 ?? Ss 0:00.00 postgres: autovacuum launcher process (postgres) > 65170 ?? Ss 0:00.00 postgres: stats collector process (postgres) > 65224 0 S+ 0:00.00 grep post > > c670e04:rkananth 14] ps -p 65165 -o ppid > PPID > 1 > > c670e04:rkananth 15] ps 1 > PID TT STAT TIME COMMAND > 1 ?? SLs 0:00.17 /sbin/init -- > > I would be happy to provide further information if required. If you really want that, start the PostgreSQL server this way: $ postgres -D /data/directory & But can't you teach your watchdog to read the postgresql.pid file? Yours, Laurenz Albe -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
