On Fri, Oct 30, 1998 at 01:24:03PM -0500, Shaleh wrote: : The following is from my postgres log (log level set to three) : : usr/lib/postgresql/bin/postmaster: BackendStartup: pid 353 user www-data db wea : ther socket 5 : /usr/lib/postgresql/bin/postmaster child[0]: execv(/usr/lib/postgresql/bin/postg : res, -p, -d3, -P5, user=<user>, password=<passwd>, -v 65536, weather, ) : FindBackend: found "/usr/lib/postgresql/bin/postgres" using argv[0] : Usage: /usr/lib/postgresql/bin/postgres [-B nbufs] [-d lvl] ] [-f plantype] : [-v protocol] [ -o filename] : [-P portno] [-t tracetype] [-x opttype] [-bCEiLFNopQSs] [dbname]
Not regarding the actual errors in the commandline, I'd like to notice that postgresql doesn't like "www-data" as a user. It's the dash causing problems. Try using another username when calling the database system. bye, -Remco