DBAs won't have root access but they will need to start/stop the databases. They'll be able to do so with pg_ctl as postgres.
However databases should also start automatically when the server reboots and so we should use services (/etc/init.d/postgresql-9.x).
When postgres is started with service (as root) and stopped with pg_ctl as postgres, the pid file in $PGDATA is deleted but not the specific pid and lock files (respectively in /var/run and /var/lock/subsys) created by the init.d script.
It leads to an inconsistent state where service postgresql-9.x status throws"postgresql-9.x dead but pid file exists".
So what is the best practice and solution for this situation?
ask sysadmin to give sudo /etc/init.d/postgresql-9.x to the DBAs and never use pg_ctl again?
remove the specific pid and lock files from the postgresql-9.x service script?
