I have just installed the rpm found at:
http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/binary/v8.2.7/linux/rpms/redhat/rhel-4-i386/
and the status option generates an error:
$ /etc/init.d/postgresql status
pidof: invalid options on command line!
pidof: invalid options on command line!
-p is stopped
I was able to fix it in the following mode:
status)
# status -p /var/run/postmaster.${PGPORT}.pid status postmaster script_result=$? ;;
Commented the original line and replaced with the one just below.
Regards
Gaetano Mendola