Re: startup scripts don't function properly
Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
To: <VASQUEZ_JASON@LILLY.COM>
Cc: <pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org>
Date: 2001-04-19T19:30:05Z
Lists: pgsql-bugs
VASQUEZ_JASON@LILLY.COM writes: > 1. The "su" commands for start/stop/restart/status are in the form of "su > -". This picks up the environment of the postgres user, which wipes out > the environment variables that were set earlier in this script (e.g., > PGDATA). Quick solution is to remove the extra dashes. I have added -D options to the pg_ctl invocation. Leaving in the '-' is probably a good idea. -- Peter Eisentraut peter_e@gmx.net http://funkturm.homeip.net/~peter