Re: Error in documentation

OK, I have applied the following patch to clean up the Solaris problems
you reported.

> Hi guys,
>
> Just noticed an error in the 7.1.1 developer docs.
>
> In the Admin Guide, in chapter 3.3 "Starting the database server" it
> says :
>
> ***
>
> On Solaris, edit the file rc2.d to contain the following single line:
>
> su - postgres -c "/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl start -l logfile -D
> /usr/local/pgsql/data"
>
> ***
>
> This is BADLY WRONG and won't work at all.
>
> Instead the person installing PostgreSQL needs to create a startup
> script as /etc/init.d/postgresql, then create a soft link from
> /etc/rc3.d/S[00..99]postgresql that script.
>
> The script though, can use the su command given above.
>
> i.e.
>
> echo 'su - postgres -c "/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl start -l logfile -D
> /usr/local/pgsql/data"' > /etc/init.d/postgresql
> chmod 744 /etc/init.d/postgresql
> chown root:sys /etc/init.d/postgresql
> ln -s /etc/init.d/postgresql /etc/rc3.d/S10postgresql
>
> I haven't tried looking at the documentation .sgml source files and
> creating a patch, but if you guys want me to, I guess I could figure it
> out.
>
> Regards and best wishes,
>
> Justin Clift
>
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