Re: how do I disable automatic start on mac os x?

On 01/04/2010 07:13 PM, Dave Page wrote:

On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Chris Withers <chris@simplistix.co.uk> wrote: 

Dave Page wrote:   

On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Chris Withers <chris@simplistix.co.uk>
wrote:     

Naoko Reeves wrote:       

Try check this directory: Library: StartupItems: postgres-plus-8.xx
there should be script to start automatically.         

/Library/StartupItems is empty.

I think putting stuff in there is an old-fashioned way of doing things
that
went out with Mac OS X 10.4, and I'm glad to say it looks like the latest
postgres doesn't install like this..       

Look in /Library/LaunchDaemons/     

Ah, there it is... but now what do I do with it to disable the auto-start?   

Iirc, you have to change:
       <key>RunAtLoad</key>       <true/>

to
       <key>RunAtLoad</key>       <false/>

Sachin; can you confirm please? 

Yes. Though the daemon is loaded during startup.
and you can start it by using launchctl as ( sudo launchctl start com.edb.launchd. postgresql-8.4).
Also you can always move/delete the plist file to avoid that also.