Re: Postgres postmaster

David Olbersen wrote this :

>Well actually in this instance 'postmaster' refers to 1/2 of the database
>backend. It's a program (typically installed in /usr/local/pgsql/bin ) that
>handles input.
>
>You really should RTFM.
>
>-- Dave
>
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I did.
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[root(at)hoss workshop]# cd /usr/local/pgsql/bin
bash: /usr/local/pgsql/bin: No such file or directory
[root(at)hoss workshop]# cd /usr/pgsql/bin
bash: /usr/pgsql/bin: No such file or directory
[root(at)hoss workshop]# find / -name pgsql -print
find: /proc/6/fd: Permission denied
[root(at)hoss workshop]#
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Central issue of my original post:
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Shouldn't these details have been taken care of by the rpm, and if not,
what do I do to fix this?

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