Hi, Thanks for the prompt reply, I tried postmaster -D /home/data/www/pg7/data, but the error message still doesn't appear. Nothing really happens after this command. Is there a way I can find where the errors are logging..? Thanks n regards -----Original Message----- You might try invoking the postmaster manually: postmaster -D whateveritwas which should let the error message come out on your terminal. regards, tom lane PS: please don't top post.