Re: Auto Starting Postgresql Under Mandrake 9.1 ??

On 14/07/2003 10:32 Peter Moscatt wrote:
> I have just installed postgresql from the RPMs on the MD dist CDs - all
> went to plan.
>
> I can manually start the server using: pg_ctl start -l -D
> /usr/local/pgsql/data.
>
> But when I put this line in the: /etc/rc.d/rc.local file then check the
> boot.log file to see if it's loading - I see this is not the case.
>
> How do I get it to run at boot time on a Mandrake 9.1 installation ?
>
> Pete
>

I think MD uses the same start-up mechanism as RedHat. Is there a
start/stop script for postgresql in /etc/rc.d/init.d ? What does chkconfig
--list|grep post show?

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