On Wed, 8 Aug 2007 14:40:04 +0200 picca <picca@synchrotron-soleil.Fr> wrote: I am using the Architecture: i386 Version: 1.14.5 of dpkg when I start by hand the daemon after a su root within a xterm: root@mordor:~#/usr/lib/tango/tango5/database 1 it tries to connect as root@localhost but with invock-rc.d ans start-stop-daemon with picca@localhost. See you Frederic