Re: Problems with 8.3

I did a pg_ctl start from the postgres user... is that gonna work, or
does pg_ctl do an su?

Alex

On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 4:34 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> "Alex Turner" <armtuk(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > I'm thinking I need a core file.
>
> Yeah.
>
>
> > I'm guessing I just restart
> > postgresql from a user whos core file size limit is set to non zero?
>
> Probably won't help if your start script does "su postgres" as most do.
> What I'd try is putting the ulimit command in ~postgres/.profile or
> whatever init files your shell happens to like.
>
> regards, tom lane
>