This might be trivial, but, shouldn't you su to the user(postgres or whatever you used) that's supposed to run the postmaster? -----Original Message----- From: pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shahid Butt Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 9:34 AM To: pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [GENERAL] Trying to auto start Postgres when server boots up Hi, I am using PostgreSQL 7.4.7 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. I want to start the Postgres Postmaster automatically when the server boots up. I have tried putting the command "/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl -D /usr/local/pgsql/data -l /usr/local/pgsql/data/server.log start" In the /etc/rc.d/rc.local file but when the server boots up it gets stuck at the point "Enabling swap space [OK]". Usually the Red Hat desktop would come up but it doesn't. Any ideas? Regards, Shahid Butt IT Systems Developer shahid.butt@xxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.2/252 - Release Date: 2/6/2006
