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

On 6 August 2010 17:49, Denis BUCHER <dbucherml(at)hsolutions(dot)ch> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> For once, I will simply publish a solution instead of asking a question.
> Let's hope it will be useful to someone.
>
> I was unable to stop postgres, I always got "[FAILED] :
>  * /etc/init.d/postgresql stop
>  * service postgresql stop
>  * /sbin/service postgresql stop
>
> The only solution that worked in that case was :
>  *  /usr/bin/pg_ctl stop
>
> Have a nice day !
>
> Denis
>

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.

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