On Sun, 2009-06-28 at 00:32 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> "Armin Jenewein" <jenewein(at)googlemail(dot)com> writes:
> > When i run "/etc/init.d/postgresql status" as a non-root user, it shows
> > "postmaster is stopped" while it actually is running. If i run it as root it
> > reports correctly.
>
> AFAICS this just depends on "pidof postmaster". Perhaps you should be
> filing a bug against pidof.
First, though, make sure that SELinux isn't hiding the `postmaster'
process from your normal users. Make sure you can actually see it with
`ps aux' or `ps -ef' .
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Craig Ringer