Why don't you use the script in /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql
It is a topic in the Linux FAQ, I think you should read it.
Jesus.
On Wed, 5 Jul 2000, James L. Hall wrote:
> I receive the following error continuously daily:
>
> --
> INIT: Id "pg" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
> --
>
> The line in my inittab is as follows:
>
> # Running the SQL postmaster for postgres
>
> pg:2345:respawn:/bin/su postgres -c "/usr/bin/postmaster -i -D
> /data/pgsql/data/>>/data/pgsql/server.log 2>&1" /dev/null
>
> My setup is redhat 5.2, kernel 2.2.2, postgres 6.5
>
> Is this ~really~ a problem, i.e. can I just pipe the errors to /dev/null
> and forget about it, or is there some way to correct this? I have seen a
> post similar to this on the list, but if I recall that error was in the
> syntax.
>
> All info is greatly appreciated!
> T.I.A.-
> Jim
>
