Hi, > /var/run/ might be on a temporary file system. So you need to adjust > your init script to create that directory if it doesn't exist. That is what I tried now and it works for now. I never had installed the Debian's PostgreSQL packages and I once manually installed those init.d-script. Assigning that to the different runlevels is possible by manually add those symbolic links or by using a runlevel editor GUI in Ubuntu. Thanks very much for all your responses! Sebastian ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org/