Ray Stell <stellr(at)cns(dot)vt(dot)edu> writes:
> [postgresql(at)stell ~]$ pg_ctl restart -D /var/pgsql/data
> waiting for postmaster to shut down............................................................... failed
> pg_ctl: postmaster does not shut down
> [postgresql(at)stell ~]$
> yet postmaster is gone:
Looking at the code, it seems that pg_ctl is waiting for the postmaster
lock file (/var/pgsql/data/postmaster.pid) to disappear. Perhaps you've
got some kind of file permissions bollix that prevented the postmaster
from removing that file?
regards, tom lane