I supose the command line to install the postmaster service requires a little change when using ipc-daemon2. The installation of the postmater service is only successfull when using \'--dep ipc-daemon2\' instead of \'--dep ipc-deamon\'. Original text: ================= Specific Examples ------------ postgresql: cygrunsrv --install postmaster \\ --path /usr/bin/postmaster \\ --args \"-D /usr/share/postgresql/data -i\" \\ --dep ipc-daemon --termsig INT --user postgresql --shutdown ======================== Regards, Walter Roeland wroeland@marcatel.com.mx -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/