Re: pg_ctl -w start does not know that it has started postmaster

Aaron Hillegass <aaron@bignerdranch.com> writes:
> I have a script that must start the postmaster before continuing, so I
> do this:

> sudo -u postgres /Library/PostgreSQL/bin/pg_ctl -w start

This is not going to work very well because sudo doesn't update the
environment --- for example if PGUSER is set in your environment then
that's the username pg_ctl will try to use to connect with.  Perhaps
try

sudo su -l postgres -c '/Library/PostgreSQL/bin/pg_ctl -w start'

            regards, tom lane