"Martin A. Marques" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Hm, that 'Killed' looks suspicious. What shows up in the >> /dbs/postgres/sql.log file? > Nothing at all. That's no help :-(. Please alter the command to trace the shell script, ie su postgres -c 'sh -x /dbs/postgres/bin/pg_ctl -o ... 2>tracefile' and send the tracefile. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly