Received: from mta05.mail.mel.aone.net.au (mta05.mail.au.uu.net [203.2.192.85]) by postgresql.org (8.11.3/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f47MaVA22825 for ; Mon, 7 May 2001 18:36:31 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from justin@postgresql.org) Received: from postgresql.org ([63.34.216.242]) by mta05.mail.mel.aone.net.au with ESMTP id <20010507223626.XOJC10022.mta05.mail.mel.aone.net.au@postgresql.org>; Tue, 8 May 2001 08:36:26 +1000 Message-ID: <3AF7222A.D22514C0@postgresql.org> Date: Tue, 08 May 2001 08:31:06 +1000 From: Justin Clift X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bruce Momjian CC: Justin Clift , pgsql-docs@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Error in documentation References: <200105071555.f47Ftat08904@candle.pha.pa.us> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=gb2312 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archive-Number: 200105/31 X-Sequence-Number: 712 Hi Bruce, Yep, that should work fine. :-) Regards and best wishes, Justin Clift Bruce Momjian wrote: > > 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 **** > > > > ! 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" > > > > > --- 254,267 ---- > > > > ! On Solaris, create a file called > ! /etc/init.d/postgresql to contain the following > ! single line: > > su - postgres -c "/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl start -l logfile -D /usr/local/pgsql/data" > > + Then, create a symlink to it in /etc/rc3.d as > + S99postgresql. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html -- "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