> Maybe you have it configured to log to syslog? Look in postgresql.conf. > regards, tom lane HI, This is regarding the postgres issue.. We are not maintaining any logs for the postgres stop/start. So it becomes a bit problematic, to debug.. These are the steps we are following and the results: postmaster -D /home/data/www/pg7/data Does not start postgress, and no msg given. pg_ctl start /home/data/www/pg7/data Does not start postgres but gives a msg that "Poatgres is started successfully" I als0 tried the following commands, postmaster -D /home/data/www/pg7/data >logfile 2>&1 & It creates a file "logfile". But does not log anything there. Does not start postgress, and no msg given. pg_ctl start /home/data/www/pg7/data -l logfile It creates a file "logfile". But does not log anything there. Does not start postgres but gives a msg that "Poatgres is started successfully" I am really stuck here. And need to get a way thru all of this. Any suggestions will be really appreciated. Thanks.