Thread: installation with RH RPM v6.5.2 postmaster hangs

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Tim McKenna
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> Tim McKenna wrote:
>
> When I run the 'postmaster -D /var/lib/pgsql' command the prompt never
> comes back unless I do 'ctrl Z'. Is that what its supposed to do?
> Other incantantions I used prior to that were from Lamar Owen's
> Version 1.5 Instal...

Without the -S, you need to put it in the background explicitly, along
with redirecting stdout and stderr.

Try:
(as root) touch /var/log/postgresql.log
(as root) chown postgres.postgres /var/log/postgresql.log

(as postgres):
postmaster -D /var/lib/pgsql 2>&1 >> /var/log/postgresql.log &

And see if that helps.

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Lamar Owen
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