Re: Starting Postmaster

On Mon, 26 Mar 2001, Scott Gritton wrote:

> I've installed postgresql on a Linux-Mandrake 7.0.2 box with everything
> installing correctly.
> But when I try to start postmaster I get the following:
>
> DEBUG: Data Base System is in production state at Mon Mar 26 (and so forth)
>
> I know that there is a simple answer but I haven't been able to find it in
> documentation or faqs.

Your postmaster if functioning perfectly, you just need to direct its
output to a logfile and put it into the background. Here is how I usually
startup postmaster:

nohup postmaster [options] > logfile 2>&1 &

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