From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Justin Clift <jclift@iprimus.com.au>
Cc: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Error in documentation
Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 11:55:36 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <200105071555.f47Ftat08904@candle.pha.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3AEFF0DB.6E5A5FC4@iprimus.com.au>
OK, I have applied the following patch to clean up the Solaris problems
you reported.
> Hi guys,
>
> Just noticed an error in the 7.1.1 developer docs.
>
> In the Admin Guide, in chapter 3.3 "Starting the database server" it
> says :
>
> ***
>
> On Solaris, edit the file rc2.d to contain the following single line:
>
> su - postgres -c "/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl start -l logfile -D
> /usr/local/pgsql/data"
>
> ***
>
> This is BADLY WRONG and won't work at all.
>
> Instead the person installing PostgreSQL needs to create a startup
> script as /etc/init.d/postgresql, then create a soft link from
> /etc/rc3.d/S[00..99]postgresql that script.
>
> The script though, can use the su command given above.
>
> i.e.
>
> echo 'su - postgres -c "/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl start -l logfile -D
> /usr/local/pgsql/data"' > /etc/init.d/postgresql
> chmod 744 /etc/init.d/postgresql
> chown root:sys /etc/init.d/postgresql
> ln -s /etc/init.d/postgresql /etc/rc3.d/S10postgresql
>
> I haven't tried looking at the documentation .sgml source files and
> creating a patch, but if you guys want me to, I guess I could figure it
> out.
>
> Regards and best wishes,
>
> Justin Clift
>
> --
> "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those
> who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the
> first group; there was less competition there."
> - Indira Gandhi
>
> ---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------
> TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to majordomo@postgresql.org
>
--
Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us
pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 853-3000
+ If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue
+ Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026
Attachments:/bjm/diff (text/plain, 1.2K) download
Index: doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/projects/pgsql/cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.63
diff -c -r1.63 runtime.sgml
*** doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml 2001/05/04 23:11:37 1.63
--- doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml 2001/05/07 15:53:22
***************
*** 254,264 ****
<listitem>
<para>
! On <productname>Solaris</productname>, edit the file
! <filename>rc2.d</filename> to contain the following single line:
<programlisting>
su - postgres -c "/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl start -l logfile -D /usr/local/pgsql/data"
</programlisting>
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
--- 254,267 ----
<listitem>
<para>
! On <productname>Solaris</productname>, create a file called
! <filename>/etc/init.d/postgresql</filename> to contain the following
! single line:
<programlisting>
su - postgres -c "/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl start -l logfile -D /usr/local/pgsql/data"
</programlisting>
+ Then, create a symlink to it in <filename>/etc/rc3.d</> as
+ <literal>S99postgresql</>.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Reply to all the recipients using the --to and --cc options:
reply via email
To: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org
Cc: pgman@candle.pha.pa.us, jclift@iprimus.com.au
Subject: Re: Error in documentation
In-Reply-To: <200105071555.f47Ftat08904@candle.pha.pa.us>
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
This inbox is served by DDX for PostgreSQL; see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox