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

Hi All,

I installed postgres from the enterprisedb-maintained one-click
installer at http://www.postgresql.org/download/macosx.

However, it starts automatically when the machine boots up, and I'd like
it only to start when I manually start it.

I've found an entry in launchd:

$ sudo launchctl list | grep post
com.edb.launchd.postgresql-8.4

...but I can't find where this comes from:

$ sudo find / -name com.edb.launchd.postgresql-8.4
$

Where do I find this entry to disable it?
(and, perhaps showing my Mac-ignorance, is there a GUI for launchd
configuration that I'm somehow missing?)

cheers,

Chris

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

On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 1:43 AM, Chris Withers <chris@simplistix.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I installed postgres from the enterprisedb-maintained one-click installer at
> http://www.postgresql.org/download/macosx.
>
> However, it starts automatically when the machine boots up, and I'd like it
> only to start when I manually start it.
>
> I've found an entry in launchd:
>
> $ sudo launchctl list | grep post
> com.edb.launchd.postgresql-8.4
>
> ...but I can't find where this comes from:
>
> $ sudo find / -name com.edb.launchd.postgresql-8.4
> $
>
> Where do I find this entry to disable it?
> (and, perhaps showing my Mac-ignorance, is there a GUI for launchd
> configuration that I'm somehow missing?)
>
> cheers,
>
> Chris
>
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Sincerely,
Naoko Reeves

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..

...however, that still leaves me back at square 1 with respect to
disabling the auto-startup of postgres.

Chris

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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/

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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?

Chris

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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?

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Dave Page wrote:
> Iirc, you have to change:
>
>         <key>RunAtLoad</key>
>         <true/>
>
> to
>
>         <key>RunAtLoad</key>
>         <false/>

I feel slightly stupid asking this, but this is a Mac, surely there's
some pretty shiny GUI for editing things like this?
(even Windows has the "Services" stuff in Control Panel)

What am I missing?

Chris

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On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Chris Withers <chris@simplistix.co.uk> wrote:
> Dave Page wrote:
>>
>> Iirc, you have to change:
>>
>>        <key>RunAtLoad</key>
>>        <true/>
>>
>> to
>>
>>        <key>RunAtLoad</key>
>>        <false/>
>
> I feel slightly stupid asking this, but this is a Mac, surely there's some
> pretty shiny GUI for editing things like this?
> (even Windows has the "Services" stuff in Control Panel)
>
> What am I missing?

If there is, I never found it.

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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? 

Sachin Srivastava wrote:
>> 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.

Will setting RunAtLoad to false not stop that?

Chris

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Sachin Srivastava wrote:

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.

Will setting RunAtLoad to false not stop that?

Chris

Sachin Srivastava wrote:
>> Will setting RunAtLoad to false not stop that?
> RunAtLoad = false means, the daemon is loaded not executed/launched. If
> you dont want it to load at system startup. Remove the plist from that
> directory. (i.e. /Library/LaunchDaemons)

I don't want postgres to start on machine start, but I do want it to
start when I click the "start server" icon in the Postgres application
folder.

If I delete this plist, will that still work?

Chris

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On Jan 4, 2010, at 9:32 AM, Chris Withers wrote:

> I feel slightly stupid asking this, but this is a Mac, surely there's some pretty shiny GUI for editing things like
this?
> (even Windows has the "Services" stuff in Control Panel)
>
> What am I missing?

I've used this in the past but it looks like support was dropped a few months ago. Hopefully some one else will pick it
up.


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John DeSoi, Ph.D.

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

sudo launchctl unload -w blahblahblah.plist

The -w option causes it to not only unload the item, but also write a
<disabled> key into it which will stop it from loading at launch.


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if you do:
open
OS X will open the file in the plist editor.
I tried doing that but didn't get a way with saving though :)


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On Aug 31, 2011, at 8:46 AM, edwardIshaq wrote:

> if you do:
> open
> OS X will open the file in the plist editor.
> I tried doing that but didn't get a way with saving though :)

Probably a privileges violation, right? In a prior message on this thread I suggested:

sudo launchctl unload -w blahblahblah.plist

I also said: "The -w option causes it to not only unload the item, but also write a
<disabled> key into it which will stop it from loading at launch."

That is no longer true. Instead of the disabled key, 10.6 & up (or was it 10.5 & up?) now keep track of
enabled/disabledelsewhere, so you really need to use launchctl instead of editing the plist. 


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