Re: [HACKERS] text patch -- sugg cmd when run as root

On Wed, 29 Apr 1998, David Gould wrote:

> > When you run postgresql as root, the command it gives for putting in
> > your startup script is a little weird.  The main issue is that 2>&1
> > only works in bash, not tcsh.  >& works in both, so it seems
> > preferable.  Another minor issue is that it echoes the command and
> > pipes it through su.  Shouldn't this be "su - postgres -c 'cmd'"?  Do
> > all versions of su have the '-c' argument?  piping it through seems
> > weird, but maybe it isn't.
> >
> > this is a straight diff for src/backend/main/main.c
> >
> > --cut here--
> > 38c38
> > < echo \"postmaster -B 256 >/var/log/pglog 2>&1 &\" | su - postgres\n\n"
> > ---
> > > su - postgres -c 'postmaster -B 256 >& /var/log/pglog' &\n\n"
> > --cut here--
>
> You have tcsh as the root shell???

    As do I...so?  I just make sure I put a copy in /bin and you're
fine...or, at least, I haven't been burnt yet.  I can't stand the other
shells :(