Improved version from Claudiu

contrib/linux/postgres.init

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # and then set USE_SYSLOG to "yes" below
 #
 #PGBIN="/opt/postgres/current/bin"	# not used
+
 PGACCOUNT="postgres"		# the postgres account (you called it something else?)
 POSTMASTER="postmaster"		# this probably won't change
 
@@ -18,8 +19,7 @@ USE_SYSLOG="yes"		# "yes" to enable syslog, "no" to go to /tmp/postgres.log
 FACILITY="local5"		# can assign local0-local7 as the facility for logging
 PGLOGFILE="/tmp/postgres.log"	# only used if syslog is disabled
 
-PGOPTS="-B 256"
-#PGOPTS="-i -B 256"	# -i to enable TCP/IP rather than Unix socket
+PGOPTS="-i -B 2048"
 
 # Source function library.
 . /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
@@ -45,16 +45,18 @@ case "$1" in
 	fi
 	echo -n "Starting postgres: "
 # force full login to get path names
-# my postgres runs tcsh so use proper syntax in redirection...
 	if [ ${USE_SYSLOG} = "yes" ]; then
-		su - ${PGACCOUNT} -c "(${POSTMASTER} ${PGOPTS} |& logger -p ${FACILITY}.notice) &" > /dev/null&
+		su - ${PGACCOUNT} -c "(${POSTMASTER} ${PGOPTS} 2>&1 | logger -p ${FACILITY}.notice) &" > /dev/null 2>&1 &
 	else
-		su - ${PGACCOUNT} -c "${POSTMASTER} ${PGOPTS} >>&! ${PGLOGFILE} &" > /dev/null&
+		su - ${PGACCOUNT} -c "${POSTMASTER} ${PGOPTS} 2>>&1 ${PGLOGFILE} &" > /dev/null 2>&1 &
 	fi
 	sleep 5
 	pid=`pidof ${POSTMASTER}`
 	echo -n "${POSTMASTER} [$pid]"
+	sleep 2
 #	touch /var/lock/subsys/${POSTMASTER}
+# use the name of the symlink
+	touch /var/lock/subsys/postgres
 	echo
 	;;
   stop)
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ case "$1" in
 	if [ "$pid" != "" ] ; then
 		echo -n "${POSTMASTER} [$pid]"
 		kill -TERM $pid
-		sleep 1
+		sleep 3
 	fi
 	echo
 	;;