eoghan <postgres@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Im running postgres on OS X 10.4.2. Im having a problem starting > postgres though... but its maybe something dumb im doing... > So i su -l postgres and cd to my /opt/local/bin where postmaster is... > But i always get a: > -su: postmaster: command not found > Its there. Anyone know what im doing wrong? On most Unixen, "." is not in the default PATH, for pretty good security reasons. You can either say "./postmaster ...", or forget the "cd" and just do "/opt/local/bin/postmaster ...". regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster