From: | The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> |
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To: | David Gould <dg(at)illustra(dot)com> |
Cc: | Brett McCormick <brett(at)work(dot)chicken(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers(at)hub(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] text patch -- sugg cmd when run as root |
Date: | 1998-04-30 13:53:43 |
Message-ID: | Pine.NEB.3.95.980430095307.10212N-100000@hub.org |
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On Wed, 29 Apr 1998, David Gould wrote:
> > When you run postgresql as root, the command it gives for putting in
> > your startup script is a little weird. The main issue is that 2>&1
> > only works in bash, not tcsh. >& works in both, so it seems
> > preferable. Another minor issue is that it echoes the command and
> > pipes it through su. Shouldn't this be "su - postgres -c 'cmd'"? Do
> > all versions of su have the '-c' argument? piping it through seems
> > weird, but maybe it isn't.
> >
> > this is a straight diff for src/backend/main/main.c
> >
> > --cut here--
> > 38c38
> > < echo \"postmaster -B 256 >/var/log/pglog 2>&1 &\" | su - postgres\n\n"
> > ---
> > > su - postgres -c 'postmaster -B 256 >& /var/log/pglog' &\n\n"
> > --cut here--
>
> You have tcsh as the root shell???
As do I...so? I just make sure I put a copy in /bin and you're
fine...or, at least, I haven't been burnt yet. I can't stand the other
shells :(
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