On Freitag 08 Mai 2009 Jan Muhammad wrote: > After having various error message in starting PostgreSQL version > 8.2.11; finally uninstalled/deleted it. Now trying my luck on 8.3.7, > but things haven't changed for me. When I try to check that > postmaster server is running or not? I get the following error: $ > postmaster -D /usr/local/pgsql/data > LOG: could not translate host name "localhost", service "5432" to > address: Name or service not known WARNING: could not create listen > socket for "localhost" > FATAL: could not create any TCP/IP sockets > ..................................................................... >... Similarly when I try to start postgres server with > [postgres@callisto postgresql-8.3.7]$ pg_ctl -D pg8 start > postgres cannot access the server configuration file > "/usr/local/pgsql/postgresql-8.3.7/pg8/postgresql.conf": No such file > or directory This smells a lot like SElinux. Do you use SElinux? Try disabling it. mfg zmi -- // Michael Monnerie, Ing.BSc ----- http://it-management.at // Tel: 0660 / 415 65 31 .network.your.ideas. // PGP Key: "curl -s http://zmi.at/zmi.asc | gpg --import" // Fingerprint: AC19 F9D5 36ED CD8A EF38 500E CE14 91F7 1C12 09B4 // Keyserver: wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net Key-ID: 1C1209B4
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