Thorsten Glaser <tg@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Fri, 7 Apr 2023, Telium Technical Support wrote: > >>Notice: extra pg_ctl/postgres options given, bypassing systemctl for stop > >>it might be 13. Coincidentally, there is a postmaster.pid file in a >>directory OTHER than the data directory: >> >>/var/lib/postgresql/15/main/postmaster.pid >> >>(and notice the 15). Is this a clue? > > Maybe the pidfile is written into the cluster version-based directory > instead of the data directory. Best figure out what exactly writes the > pidfile, whether systemd is used for starting (which would of course be Some distros in their wrapper foo, I believe including Debian use this setting to put a PID file under /var/run/postgresql IIRC but YMMV... external_pid_file (string) Specifies the name of an additional process-ID (PID) file that the server should create for use by server administration programs. This parameter can only be set at server start. > a prime suspect as it says it’s explicitly not used for stopping), etc. > > Maybe this is indeed a bug in whatever determines the pidfile path, > perhaps not; is it supposed to live within the data directory? > > bye, > //mirabilos
