From: | "D(dot) Duccini" <duccini(at)backpack(dot)com> |
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To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | Mark Tessier and Martine Veilleux <capnatur(at)total(dot)net>, pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: installing on sunos 5.7 |
Date: | 2001-08-21 02:52:10 |
Message-ID: | Pine.GSO.4.03.10108202151140.10522-100000@ra.bpsi.net |
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if they are unwilling or unable, you can "cheat" and setup a cronjob that
runs as you that will fire it up for you
sort of a thing that "monitors" whether its running or not, and if not,
starts it up
On Mon, 20 Aug 2001, Tom Lane wrote:
> "Mark Tessier and Martine Veilleux" <capnatur(at)total(dot)net> writes:
> > Instead, they suggest I install postgres on their=
> > server. In other words, that I install it as a regular user (not root) in=
> > my home directory. Based on what I've read, I don't think I can
>
> Certainly you can install and run postgres without being root. The
> major problem with doing it as a completely unprivileged user is that
> without some help from root it's difficult to get the server to start up
> automatically at system boot time. If you're running a shopping cart
> I don't imagine you want it to be down after a restart until you get
> around to starting it by hand.
>
> Ask the admins if they're willing to add something to the startup
> scripts that will fire off postgres under your account name (ie, su to
> your account and launch postgres). If not, you need to pester them
> harder, or find a more accommodating host site.
>
> regards, tom lane
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