>Hi,
>
>I think I am having a similar problem. I used the advice given but when
>I
>start the database server in the background using
>
>nohup /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -D /usr/local/pgsql/data \
></dev/null >>server.log 2>>1 &
>
>and then I ps -aux |grep post, I find that it is not running. What did I
>do
>wrong?
>Below are the details.
>
>Thanx
>
>Ronald
>
>[root@orion src]# nohup /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -D
>/usr/local/pgsql/dat
>a \
> > </dev/null >>server.log 2>>1 &
>[1] 1141
>[root@orion src]# ps -aux |grep post
>root 1145 0.0 1.8 1240 500 pts/0 S 10:46 0:00 grep post
>[1]+ Exit 1 nohup /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -D
>/usr/loca
>l/pgsql/data </dev/null >>server.log 2>>1
>[root@orion src]# ps -aux |grep post
>root 1147 2.0 1.8 1240 500 pts/0 S 10:46 0:00 grep post
>[root@orion src]#