Re: auto start up at boot time

I run Postgresql on Solaris 8. e-mail me off line and I'll
send you the script I use in /etc/init.d I think however
it comes with the Postgresql tar file distribution. Look
around for it first. But ask and I'll send it.

--- Doug McNaught <doug(at)wireboard(dot)com> wrote:
> Cindy <ctmoore(at)uci(dot)edu> writes:
>
> > Hi, all. I'm trying to figure out how to have postmaster
> > automatically restart upon rebooting (on a Sun Solaris system). I
> > added a script to the /etc/rc3.d directory, but turns out it has to
> > run under non-root privs. It referred to the INSTALL file for
> further
> > info, but I couldn't find this file, and all the documentation I
> > looked at discussed starting postmaster on the command line. Any
> > suggestions or pointers to where I should look at?
>
> 1) You should put the script in /etc/init.d, and make links to it in
> rc3.d and rc0.d (or whatever). See an existing init script for
> the
> general idea.
>
> 2) The init script should do something like:
>
> PGDATA=/usr/local/var/lib/pgsql; export PGDATA # or whatever
> you're using
> # set any other needed environment variables here
> su postgres -c "/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl start"
>
> -Doug
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