You cannot have a '*' in listen_addresses with anything else. That already means bind to EVERY available interface. When you added localhost, it tried to re-bind localhost twice. Try just using '*'. Cheers, Ken On Tue, Mar 02, 2010 at 07:19:47PM +0530, Major Services wrote: > pgstartup.log: > > The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user > "postgres". > .... > .... > > Success. You can now start the database server using: > /usr/bin/postmaster -D /var/lib/pgsql/data > or > /usr/bin/pg_ctl -D /var/lib/pgsql/data -1 logfile start > FATAL: lock file "postmaster.pid"already exists > HINT:Is another postmaster (PID 3300) running in data > directory"b/pgsql/data"? > LOG: logger shutting down > runuser: cannot set groups: Operation not permitted > LOG: logger shutting down > FATAL: syntax error in file "/var/lib/pgsql/data/postgresql.conf", near > token "," > > > Now, in the "/var/lib/pgsql/data/postgresql.conf" the only change I have > made is in listen_addresses; viz > listen_addresses = 'localhost', '*' > > Let me know how to move ahead. > Thanks. > > On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 5:55 PM, I?igo Martinez Lasala < > imartinez@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Ah... ok. > > In /var/lib/pgsql you will find a file called pgstartup.log > > Could you post here last lines of this file ? > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > *From*: Major Services <services.major@xxxxxxxxx<Major%20Services%20%3cservices.major@xxxxxxxxx%3e> > > > > > *To*: I?igo Martinez Lasala <imartinez@xxxxxxxxxxxx<%3d%3fISO-8859-1%3fQ%3fI%3dF1igo%3f%3d%20Martinez%20Lasala%20%3cimartinez@xxxxxxxxxxxx%3e> > > > > > *Cc*: pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > *Subject*: Re: password authentication failed for user postgres > > *Date*: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 16:40:47 +0530 > > > > But the server restart has failed; I am yet to make the changes suggested > > by you in the first instance. > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 4:32 PM, I?igo Martinez Lasala < > > imartinez@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Try with these parameters in pg_hba.conf. Perhaps your postgres-redhat > > compilation does not have ident enabled... > > > > local all postgres trust > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > *From*: Major Services <services.major@xxxxxxxxx<Major%20Services%20%3cservices.major@xxxxxxxxx%3e> > > > > > > > > > *To*: I?igo Martinez Lasala <imartinez@xxxxxxxxxxxx<%3d%3fISO-8859-1%3fQ%3fI%3dF1igo%3f%3d%20Martinez%20Lasala%20%3cimartinez@xxxxxxxxxxxx%3e> > > > > > *Subject*: Re: password authentication failed for user postgres > > *Date*: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 16:03:59 +0530 > > > > Thank you for your message. But am in another problem now. > > In between I also tried to restart the server with 'service postgresql > > restart' > > It stopped the server, but then *server start failed*. > > Had restarted earlier also, without a problem. > > > > What should I do? > > > > On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 2:44 PM, I?igo Martinez Lasala < > > imartinez@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > In order to lauch createuser you don't need to modify listen_address > > since > > > you can use unix sockets. But anyway it's a requirement if you are goint > > to > > > access remotely. > > > > > > Add this line in first place to your pg_hba.conf > > > local all postgres ident sameuser > > > > > > > > > Reload postgresql and launch createuser as postgres user. > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Major Services <services.major@xxxxxxxxx> > > > To: pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Subject: password authentication failed for user postgres > > > Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 14:13:10 +0530 > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > 1. I have added listen_addresses = '*' ; in postgresql.conf > > > > > > 2. And have made the following changes to pg_hba.conf > > > > > > local DATABASE USER METHOD > > > local samegroup all password > > > host DATABASE USER CIDR-ADDRESS METHOD [OPTION] > > > host all all 0.0.0.0/0 md5 > > > hostssl all all 0.0.0.0/0 md5 > > > > > > 3. Have restarted the server > > > > > > 4. I can login to the server as user postgres. > > > > > > But while trying to createuser I get the following message : > > > 'createuser: could not connect to database postgres: FATAL : > > > password authentication failed for user "postgres" > > > > > > This is on Redhat running Plesk also. > > > > > > I am new to Linux as well as PostgreSQL. Help would be much appreciated. > > > > > > Thanks > > > Viv > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
