Re: Unable to stop postgresql ("failed") -> [SOLVED]

Thom Brown <thom(at)linux(dot)com> writes:
> On 6 August 2010 17:49, Denis BUCHER <dbucherml(at)hsolutions(dot)ch> wrote:
>> I was unable to stop postgres, I always got "[FAILED] :
>> * /etc/init.d/postgresql stop
>> * service postgresql stop
>> * /sbin/service postgresql stop

> Surely it depends what the packager put into the init.d script? Plus
> there's the "zap" option for some setups if you're desperate, although
> I don't know if that issues a SIGINT or a SIGQUIT. Hopefully the
> former. But really your init.d script should be issuing that pg_ctl
> stop command anyway, so don't know why you're getting failed messages.

I'm wondering about permissions problems. initscripts normally only
work when called by root. Being able to call pg_ctl directly suggests
he was logged in as the postgres user.

regards, tom lane