I have just installed Postgresql 7.3.4 on my slackware 9.1 system. The installation went fairly smoothly and the server process has started normally:- postgres 21027 20767 0 20:12 pts/5 00:00:00 -su postgres 21246 1 0 20:17 pts/3 00:00:00 /usr/bin/postmaster -D /var/lib/postgresql/data postgres 21248 21246 0 20:17 pts/3 00:00:00 postgres: stats buffer process postgres 21251 21248 0 20:17 pts/3 00:00:00 postgres: stats collector process However when I try and run a postgres client process as an ordinary user I get the following:- FATAL: could not open configuration file "postgresql.conf": Permission denied As I understand it the permissions on the postgresql data directory should be 0700 and owned by the postgresql user and this is how they are set. So what permission(s) is this error complaining about? -- Chris Green (chris@xxxxxxxxxxx) "Never ascribe to malice, that which can be explained by incompetence." ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match