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Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 21:34:51 +1000
From: Justin Clift <jclift@iprimus.com.au>
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To: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org
Subject: Error in documentation
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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

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