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From: Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>
To: Yaroslav Saburov <y.saburov@gmail.com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: 18.4. Managing Kernel Resources
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2026 09:45:29 +0200
Message-ID: <4ea92753a1a5cdbe9ade4e6c7dd20c1e5bb1ae4a.camel@cybertec.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4D8D93BD-4799-45BF-BDEF-184892B9C6D1@gmail.com>
References: <d3b72d56c2dad48c2bbb62eeaea014219cf0d853.camel@cybertec.at>
	<4D8D93BD-4799-45BF-BDEF-184892B9C6D1@gmail.com>

On Mon, 2026-07-13 at 10:25 +0300, Yaroslav Saburov wrote:
> > What is the name of the process used here? 12 лип. 2026 р. о 10:12 Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at> пише:
> > 
> > On Sun, 2026-07-12 at 07:46 +0300, Yaroslav Saburov wrote:
> > > postgres@sql:~$ cat /pgdatabase/data/postmaster.pid 
> > > 58
> > > /pgdatabase/data
> > > 1783830699
> > > 5432
> > > /var/run/postgresql
> > > localhost
> > >  24381256         0
> > > ready   
> > > postgres@sql:~$ ps 58
> > >     PID TTY      STAT   TIME COMMAND
> > >      58 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/lib/postgresql/18/bin/postgres -D /pgdatabase/data -c config_file=/etc/postgresql/18/main/postgresql.conf
> > > 
> > > Show me process postmaster?
> > 
> > You found it!
> > 
> > "Postmaster" is not the name of the executable or the process title (any more),
> > it is just what we call that process.  It is a technical term.
>
> You're wrong.
>
> Let's take a look:
>
> Section 18.3.1
>
> HINT:  Is another postmaster already running on port 5432?

I don't see the connection.
But since you know enough to be certain that I am wrong, I am clearly not
in a position to be of assistance.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe






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