Re: help

> please help in starting the postmaster and keeping it in the same state
> always ..ie started , i'm a beginner, i tried
> pg_ctl,postmaster,postgres...
Read the INSTALL file with the source, it should tell you alot.

> my database is kept in a dir where permission is denied to the user ,
Which user is not denied?

> and if i login as the superuser, it doesn't recognize above commands..
This might be because you have not included the binaries in your PATH?
Which superuser, by the way?

Best wishes
Gunnar.