Constantin Stefanov <cstef(at)mail(dot)ru> writes:
> Then I change the line to
> local all pgsql ident sameuser
> and try to start server with
>> su -l pgsql -c "pgsql start -D /home/pgsql/data -s -w"
> It does not start.
It starts fine, as the log shows. Try not using "-w" ... I suspect
there is something odd about the "su" environment that prevents pg_ctl
from connecting with IDENT authorization, so it fails to realize that
the postmaster has started.
regards, tom lane