> > If you su postgres, can you run pg_ctl and get the database up by itself?
By the way, I can run pg_ctl to start the db server only after I links to the data directory. Debian's auto startup doesn't go this way but by the it's own scripts. leo __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly