Start/stop postgresql with pg_ctl or service without root access on RHEL

Hello

We plan to use postgresql on RHEL 6.

DBAs won't have root access but they will need to start/stop the databases.
They'll be able to do so with pg_ctl as postgres.

However databases should also start automatically when the server reboots
and so we should use services (/etc/init.d/postgresql-9.x).

When postgres is started with service (as root) and stopped with pg_ctl as
postgres, the pid file in $PGDATA is deleted but not the specific pid and
lock files (respectively in /var/run and /var/lock/subsys) created by the
init.d script.

It leads to an inconsistent state where service postgresql-9.x status
throws"postgresql-9.x
dead but pid file exists".

So what is the best practice and solution for this situation?

-

ask sysadmin to give sudo /etc/init.d/postgresql-9.x to the DBAs and
never use pg_ctl again?
-

remove the specific pid and lock files from the postgresql-9.x service
script?
- any other idea?

Thank you in advance

JM Scheiwiler