From a99d45b805ae3ca230d54222fd25a020fcaa6d5c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:07:39 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Small update on suggested startup file locations Debian/Ubuntu don't have a /etc/rc.d/ directory, so add some alternative names as suggestions. --- doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml index ef83206bbc9..8f85df64da4 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml @@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ pg_ctl start -l logfile Different systems have different conventions for starting up daemons at boot time. Many systems have a file <filename>/etc/rc.local</filename> or - <filename>/etc/rc.d/rc.local</filename>. Others use + <filename>/etc/rc.d/rc.local</filename>. Others use <filename>init.d</filename> or <filename>rc.d</> directories. Whatever you do, the server must be run by the <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> user account <emphasis>and not by root</emphasis> or any other user. Therefore you @@ -329,7 +329,8 @@ fi <programlisting> /usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl start -l logfile -D /usr/local/pgsql/data </programlisting> - to <filename>/etc/rc.d/rc.local</filename> or look at the file + to <filename>/etc/rc.d/rc.local</filename> + or <filename>/etc/rc.local</filename> or look at the file <filename>contrib/start-scripts/linux</filename> in the <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> source distribution. </para> -- GitLab