Re: Autologin problem

In fact the RH style (rc.d) way is to add symlink "S95postgresql" (or
"S<what_ever_you_need_number>postgresql" the number after "S" is for
set the position after what postgres must start (eg. after or before
apache) - for more detail see rc file in rc.d (and other rc.* files
too)) on rc3.d (or directory for other runlevel) directory to the
/etc/init.d/postgresql

In fact in this rc.local start string was some syntax bugs (misuses?)

first of all You don't need to use nohup. It is nohup'ed by default (If I
good remember)
Second: Always use "su" with "-" option!
It meens that proper syntax is

su - -c "command to run" <username>

the "-" swith is for map env variables to variables proper for user
<username>

hope it helpful.

regards
Robert

> I assume you're trying to get PostGresql to load automatically. In RH,
> get rid of the stuff you wrote below and put in the following line (in
> rc.local):
>
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql start
>
> This is the proper way to start the DB.-- Read the file to see what it
> does. You can also stop and restart it in similar fasion.
>
>
> On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, Julio Cuz, Jr. wrote:
>
> > Hi--
> >
> > I'm trying to run the following command on the "/etc/rc.local" so it will
> > run everytime (RedHat 7/PHP4/PostgreSQL):
> >
> > nohup su -c 'postmaster -i -D /usr/local/pgsql/data \
> > </dev/null >>server.log 2>>1 &' <username>
> >
> > The problem is that <username> has a password set, and since Linux doesn't
> > ask for it when it's on the rc.local file, my command fails.
> >
> > Is there a way to include the password with the "su" command?
> >
> > Is there a way to CLEAR a user's password and set it to NULL?
> >
> > Julio Cuz, Jr.
> > Riverside Community College
> > jcuz(at)rccd(dot)cc(dot)ca(dot)us
> >
>