All, I realize what the problem is. Somehow multiple versions on pg_ctl exists... [postgres@hsvxto pgsql]$ find / -name pg_ctl -print 2>/dev/null /usr/bin/pg_ctl /usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl /opt/postgresql-8.0.4/src/bin/pg_ctl /opt/postgresql-8.0.4/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl [postgres@hsvxto pgsql]$ ls -la /usr/bin/pg_ctl -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10214 May 10 2005 /usr/bin/pg_ctl Sigh... I have to clean this up then. I wonder if this means that there are multiple versions of postgres...Anyway thank you for the help Phillip. Best regards, Luqman. CONFIDENTIALITY This e-mail message and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail message, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail message, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail message in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original and any copies of this email and any prints thereof. ABSENT AN EXPRESS STATEMENT TO THE CONTRARY HEREINABOVE, THIS E-MAIL IS NOT INTENDED AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR A WRITING. Notwithstanding the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the applicability of any other law of similar substance and effect, absent an express statement to the contrary hereinabove, this e-mail message its contents, and any attachments hereto are not intended to represent an offer or acceptance to enter into a contract and are not otherwise intended to bind the sender, Sanmina-SCI Corporation (or any of its subsidiaries), or any other person or entity. _____________________________________________________________________________ Scanned by Sanmina-SCI eShield _____________________________________________________________________________