> exist the file postmaster.pid in your directory?
No the postmaster.pid does not exist in the directory, even when
I start the server, it does not appear, I am assuming, that this file is
present only when postmaster in running.
> check the log of the OS and the permissions of the directory
/home/data/www/pg7/data
I cannot check the logs, as we are not logging postgres, also the
directory permissions for
/home/data/www/pg7/data is 700
Thanks..