Hi,
PostgreSQL 7.3.4 on i386-portbld-freebsd4.9, compiled by GCC 2.95.4 pg_hba.conf has following entry: # local all pgsql md5 # hostname# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/010.pgsql.sh start Password: ^C So. If i try to start postgre (or machine boots up), it asks password. /usr/local/etc/rc.d/010.pgsql.sh contains following: case $1 in start) touch ${logfile} chmod 600 ${logfile} chown pgsql:pgsql ${logfile} [ -x ${PGBIN}/pg_ctl ] && { su -l pgsql -c \ "[ -d \${PGDATA} ] && exec ${PREFIX}/bin/pg_ctl start -s -w -l ${logfile}" echo -n ' pgsql' } ;; Solution is to remove '-w' option. "[ -d \${PGDATA} ] && exec ${PREFIX}/bin/pg_ctl start -s -l ${logfile}" Hope it helps, if somebody get's stuck. --- Eimar Koort ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend