Problem solved!
When using pg_ctl to make the postmaster see a pg_hba.conf file that had
been edited while the database server was running, I got a message that it
looked for, but did not find, the psql script in the
/usr/lib/postgresql/bin directory. So I copied this file from /usr/bin
(where the apt-get install postgresql had installed it) to
/usr/lib/postgresql/bin. And while I am still having trouble invoking a
psql command line prompt, I am now getting postmaster starting up
automatically at boot up, exactly as /etc/rc#.d says it should.
Is there some appropriate place I should report this problem to the folks
who build and maintain the Debian package for postgresql, so this matter
can be handled in future distributions?
-- Hugh Esco
At 02:07 PM 11/13/02 -0500, Hugh Esco wrote:
>Hello:
>
>Although /etc/init.d/postgresql script is listed in each run level startup
>script at /etc/rc#.d, for some reason completely beyond me, postmaster
>must be manually started each time I boot up. Any help getting the
>database server to automatically start at boot up would be appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>-- Hugh Esco
