Hello Why is the postmaster link to the postgres executable used to run the postgres server rather than running the postgres executable directly? I have a client who wishes to use a monitoring application, and the fact that a link to an executable is used is causing a problem. Can the reference in the linux startup script be changed from the postmaster file to the postgres file? Ian ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org