Thread: auto start up at boot time

auto start up at boot time

From
Cindy
Date:
Hi, all.  I'm trying to figure out how to have postmaster
automatically restart upon rebooting (on a Sun Solaris system).  I
added a script to the /etc/rc3.d directory, but turns out it has to
run under non-root privs.  It referred to the INSTALL file for further
info, but I couldn't find this file, and all the documentation I
looked at discussed starting postmaster on the command line.  Any
suggestions or pointers to where I should look at?

Thanks,
--Cindy
--
ctmoore@uci.edu

Re: auto start up at boot time

From
Darren Ferguson
Date:
You could try using the command

su <unpriveldged user> -c <command you want to run>

Make that your script and you should not have any problems

Darren

Darren Ferguson

On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Cindy wrote:

>
> Hi, all.  I'm trying to figure out how to have postmaster
> automatically restart upon rebooting (on a Sun Solaris system).  I
> added a script to the /etc/rc3.d directory, but turns out it has to
> run under non-root privs.  It referred to the INSTALL file for further
> info, but I couldn't find this file, and all the documentation I
> looked at discussed starting postmaster on the command line.  Any
> suggestions or pointers to where I should look at?
>
> Thanks,
> --Cindy
> --
> ctmoore@uci.edu
>
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Re: auto start up at boot time

From
Doug McNaught
Date:
Cindy <ctmoore@uci.edu> writes:

> Hi, all.  I'm trying to figure out how to have postmaster
> automatically restart upon rebooting (on a Sun Solaris system).  I
> added a script to the /etc/rc3.d directory, but turns out it has to
> run under non-root privs.  It referred to the INSTALL file for further
> info, but I couldn't find this file, and all the documentation I
> looked at discussed starting postmaster on the command line.  Any
> suggestions or pointers to where I should look at?

1) You should put the script in /etc/init.d, and make links to it in
   rc3.d and rc0.d (or whatever).  See an existing init script for the
   general idea.

2) The init script should do something like:

  PGDATA=/usr/local/var/lib/pgsql; export PGDATA   # or whatever you're using
  # set any other needed environment variables here
  su postgres -c "/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl start"

-Doug
--
Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees.
   --T. J. Jackson, 1863

Re: auto start up at boot time

From
Chris Albertson
Date:

I run Postgresql on Solaris 8.  e-mail me off line and I'll
send you the script I use in /etc/init.d  I think however
it comes with the Postgresql tar file distribution.  Look
around for it first.  But ask and I'll send it.

--- Doug McNaught <doug@wireboard.com> wrote:
> Cindy <ctmoore@uci.edu> writes:
>
> > Hi, all.  I'm trying to figure out how to have postmaster
> > automatically restart upon rebooting (on a Sun Solaris system).  I
> > added a script to the /etc/rc3.d directory, but turns out it has to
> > run under non-root privs.  It referred to the INSTALL file for
> further
> > info, but I couldn't find this file, and all the documentation I
> > looked at discussed starting postmaster on the command line.  Any
> > suggestions or pointers to where I should look at?
>
> 1) You should put the script in /etc/init.d, and make links to it in
>    rc3.d and rc0.d (or whatever).  See an existing init script for
> the
>    general idea.
>
> 2) The init script should do something like:
>
>   PGDATA=/usr/local/var/lib/pgsql; export PGDATA   # or whatever
> you're using
>   # set any other needed environment variables here
>   su postgres -c "/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl start"
>
> -Doug
> --
> Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees.
>    --T. J. Jackson, 1863
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