In RedHat Linux go to /etc/rc.d.init.d and there:
/postgresql stop
On Mon, 3 Jul 2000, Paulo Roberto Siqueira wrote:
> How can I shut down the postmaster? Everytime I reboot my pc I have
> problems to re-start it. There's always a file indicating that postgres is
> running, althoug it is not. This is created everytime I run postmaster. I
> must have a way to have postmaster deleting this file everytime it is shut
> down.
>
> Paulo
>
