From: Yaroslav Saburov <y.saburov@gmail.com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: 18.4. Managing Kernel Resources
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2026 07:46:11 +0300
Message-ID: <94B4FB0B-E609-4C8D-BEDA-5DE1755933DC@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3007907.1783797573@sss.pgh.pa.us>
References: <3007907.1783797573@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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?
> 11 лип. 2026 р. о 22:19 Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> пише:
>
> PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org> writes:
>> you continue to use the server process name as “postmaster”!!! way too many
>> times (find and replace it)
>
> This is intentional. See the Glossary [1]:
>
> Postmaster (process)
>
> The very first process of an instance. It starts and manages the
> auxiliary processes and creates backend processes on demand.
>
> The postmaster shares an executable file with the other processes,
> but it's still a distinct concept.
>
> regards, tom lane
>
> [1] https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/glossary.html
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