"Martin A. Marques" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Please define "doesn't work". What happens exactly? What messages >> are produced? > root@ultra31 /space/pruebas/postgres-cvs # su postgres -c > '/dbs/postgres/bin/pg_ctl -o "-i" -D /dbs/postgres/data/ start -l > /dbs/postgres/sql.log' > 19054 Killed > postmaster successfully started > root@ultra31 /space/pruebas/postgres-cvs # Hm, that 'Killed' looks suspicious. What shows up in the /dbs/postgres/sql.log file? regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster