> exist the file postmaster.pid in your directory? No the postmaster.pid does not exist in the directory, even when I start the server, it does not appear, I am assuming, that this file is present only when postmaster in running. > check the log of the OS and the permissions of the directory /home/data/www/pg7/data I cannot check the logs, as we are not logging postgres, also the directory permissions for /home/data/www/pg7/data is 700 Thanks..