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

> 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???

Seriously, most systems have 'sh' as the root shell, with bash a distant
second possibility. And, the '2>&1' syntax works in 'sh', and 'ksh' and 'bash'.

-dg

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