"Kakoli Sen" <kakolis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I install PostgreSQL 7.3.21 successfully with sudo and could start > the postmaster as sudo. What platform is that? How exactly did you install Postgres --- build from source, install someone's package (whose?), ...? Why are you intent on making a fresh installation of 7.3.x anyway? Seems like it'd be better to take the opportunity to move to a non-obsolete release. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend