Re: using pg_ctl over ssh hangs - Mailing list pgsql-admin

Sbob <sbob@quadratum-braccas.com> writes:
> I am wanting to run pg_ctl as a command over ssh, however when I pass 
> start it hangs until I do a Ctl-C

> $ ssh -T postgres@${node3} "/usr/pgsql-14/bin/pg_ctl -D 
> /var/lib/pgsql/14/data start"

If you don't specify a log file (-l option to pg_ctl) then the
postmaster's stdout doesn't get dissociated from the calling terminal,
which likely explains why ssh doesn't think the session is done.

            regards, tom lane