Problem with postgresql configuration on Fedora 18

[Matthew J. Roth]

Roger wrote:
> 
> ps aux |grep psql shows
> Home_user   5734  0.0  0.0 109180   872 pts/0    S+   21:10   0:00 grep --color=auto psql
> it seems to be finding the fedors user login.

It's finding the grep command itself.  A trick to avoid that is to put one of
the characters of your search term inside square brackets as follows:

  $ ps aux | grep [n]otaprocess
  $ ps aux | grep notaprocess
  mroth    14945  0.0  0.0  61176   776 pts/2    S+   14:21   0:00 grep notaprocess

> ps aux |grep postgres shows:
> ...
> Home_user   5756  0.0  0.0 109184   880 pts/0    S+   21:12   0:00 grep --color=auto postgres
> 
> So it seems postgres is started but why the last line shows Home_user 
> I'm at a loss to understand.

Same as above.

Regards,

Matthew Roth
InterMedia Marketing Solutions
Software Engineer and Systems Developer