Start and Stop PostgreSQL

SuSE 9.2 -10.0

The following commands assume that the pre-packaged version of PostgreSQL has been installed.

To start PostgreSQL:

$ su # rcpostgresql start

To stop PostgreSQL:

$ su # rcpostgresql stop

To restart PostgreSQL:

$ su # rcpostgresql restart

To get the status of PostgreSQL:

$ su # rcpostgresql status

Fedora Core 3 & 4

The following commands assume that the pre-packaged version of PostgreSQL has been installed.

To start PostgreSQL:

$ su # service postgres start

To stop PostgreSQL:

$ su # service postgres stop

To restart PostgreSQL:

$ su # service postgres restart

To get the status of PostgreSQL:

$ su # service postgres status