Thread: Postgresql startup script on RH9
Hi all,
Can anyone please tell me how to modify the postgresql startup script to accept TCP/IP connections? This is on a Redh Hat 9 machine running Postgresql 7.3.4 RPM installation. The RPMs were compiled from the SRPM available at postgresql.org.
The script in question is: /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql
The relevent line, I think, is:
su -l postgres -s /bin/sh -c "/usr/bin/pg_ctl -D $PGDATA -p /usr/bin/postmaster -o '-p ${PGPORT}' start > /dev/null 2>&1" < /dev/null
However, when I stick a –i in there the server fails to start up. Can anyone tell me how to do this correctly?
TIA,
Balazs
Moin, Balazs Wellisch wrote: > Can anyone please tell me how to modify the postgresql startup script to > accept TCP/IP connections? This is on a Redh Hat 9 machine running > Postgresql 7.3.4 RPM installation. The RPMs were compiled from the SRPM > available at postgresql.org. I would recommend not to modify that script, if possible. Instead, you should enable the appropriate option in your postgres.conf file: tcpip_socket = on For details on the configuration file, see the official docs (look for "TCPIP_SOCKET"): http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.3/static/runtime-config.html Note that you should also have a look at the pg_hba.conf file, which controls access to databases by hosts and usernames. Regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co KG, Oettingenstr. 2, 80538 München Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. cat man du : where Unix geeks go when they die
"Balazs Wellisch" <balazs@neusolutions.com> writes:
> Can anyone please tell me how to modify the postgresql startup script to
> accept TCP/IP connections?
Don't touch the script, just set tcp_ip to true in postgresql.conf.
regards, tom lane
I see... However, I'm not sure where this file belongs. Should I put it in /etc? There is a sample config file under /usr/share/pgsql/postgresql.conf.sample, should I simply rename this file and leave it where it is? I can't find an actual postgresql.conf file anywhere. Thanks again for your help. Balazs -----Original Message----- From: Oliver Fromme [mailto:olli@lurza.secnetix.de] Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 4:27 PM To: Balazs Wellisch Cc: pgsql-novice@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [NOVICE] Postgresql startup script on RH9 Moin, Balazs Wellisch wrote: > Can anyone please tell me how to modify the postgresql startup script to > accept TCP/IP connections? This is on a Redh Hat 9 machine running > Postgresql 7.3.4 RPM installation. The RPMs were compiled from the SRPM > available at postgresql.org. I would recommend not to modify that script, if possible. Instead, you should enable the appropriate option in your postgres.conf file: tcpip_socket = on For details on the configuration file, see the official docs (look for "TCPIP_SOCKET"): http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.3/static/runtime-config.html Note that you should also have a look at the pg_hba.conf file, which controls access to databases by hosts and usernames. Regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co KG, Oettingenstr. 2, 80538 München Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. cat man du : where Unix geeks go when they die
It will be in your data directory. The same place as pg_hba.conf > -----Original Message----- > From: pgsql-novice-owner@postgresql.org > [mailto:pgsql-novice-owner@postgresql.org]On Behalf Of Balazs Wellisch > Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 7:53 PM > To: 'Oliver Fromme' > Cc: pgsql-novice@postgresql.org > Subject: Re: [NOVICE] Postgresql startup script on RH9 > > > I see... However, I'm not sure where this file belongs. Should I put it > in /etc? There is a sample config file under > /usr/share/pgsql/postgresql.conf.sample, should I simply rename this > file and leave it where it is? > > I can't find an actual postgresql.conf file anywhere. > > Thanks again for your help. > > Balazs > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Oliver Fromme [mailto:olli@lurza.secnetix.de] > Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 4:27 PM > To: Balazs Wellisch > Cc: pgsql-novice@postgresql.org > Subject: Re: [NOVICE] Postgresql startup script on RH9 > > > Moin, > > Balazs Wellisch wrote: > > Can anyone please tell me how to modify the postgresql startup script > to > > accept TCP/IP connections? This is on a Redh Hat 9 machine running > > Postgresql 7.3.4 RPM installation. The RPMs were compiled from the > SRPM > > available at postgresql.org. > > I would recommend not to modify that script, if possible. > Instead, you should enable the appropriate option in your > postgres.conf file: tcpip_socket = on > > For details on the configuration file, see the official docs > (look for "TCPIP_SOCKET"): > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.3/static/runtime-config.html > > Note that you should also have a look at the pg_hba.conf > file, which controls access to databases by hosts and > usernames. > > Regards > Oliver > > -- > Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co KG, Oettingenstr. 2, 80538 München > Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author > and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. > > cat man du : where Unix geeks go when they die > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster > >
Never mind my earlier email, I found it in /var/lib/pgsql/data. Thanks very much for your help. Balazs -----Original Message----- From: Oliver Fromme [mailto:olli@lurza.secnetix.de] Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 4:27 PM To: Balazs Wellisch Cc: pgsql-novice@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [NOVICE] Postgresql startup script on RH9 Moin, Balazs Wellisch wrote: > Can anyone please tell me how to modify the postgresql startup script to > accept TCP/IP connections? This is on a Redh Hat 9 machine running > Postgresql 7.3.4 RPM installation. The RPMs were compiled from the SRPM > available at postgresql.org. I would recommend not to modify that script, if possible. Instead, you should enable the appropriate option in your postgres.conf file: tcpip_socket = on For details on the configuration file, see the official docs (look for "TCPIP_SOCKET"): http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.3/static/runtime-config.html Note that you should also have a look at the pg_hba.conf file, which controls access to databases by hosts and usernames. Regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co KG, Oettingenstr. 2, 80538 München Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. cat man du : where Unix geeks go when they die