Did you try to restart the PosgreSQL server using pg_ctl ? $ pg_ctl restart Are you able to connect as user from the command line? $ psql AddressBook www Regards, Javier > > Hi , > Here is the complete description of the problem ... > > I have newly installed fedora core 4 with option as everyting. > > it comes with apache webserver, postgresql , php-postgresql, php-gd etc, > > it creates a default user postgres with home = /var/lib/psql > > 1. i loged in as postgres > > 2. called initdb > created database under directory ~/data > > 3. changed postgresql.conf to include > listen_addresses = '*' > port = 5432 > > 4. changed pg_hba.conf > local all all trust > host all all 127.0.0.1/32 trust > host all all 192.168.1.18/24 trust > host all all ::1/128 trust > > 5. postmaster -i -D ~/data & > > 6. createdb AddressBook > > 7. psql AddressBook > > 8. create table addresses( Name text, Phone text, Email text); > > 9. create user www NOCREATEDB NOCREATEUSER; > > 10. grant all on addresses to www; > > 11. from other terminal i loged in as root > > 12. changed /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf > > User www > Group postgres > > 13. copied add.html and add-entry.php into directory /var/www/html > > add.html > ------------------------------------------------------ > <HTML> > <BODY> > > <FORM ACTION="add-entry.php" METHOD="GET"> > > <TABLE BORDER=1> > <TR> > <TD> > <TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=2 CELLSPACING=2> > <TR> > <TD>Name</TD> > <TD><INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="Name" VALUE=""></TD> > </TR> > <TR> > <TD>Phone</TD> > <TD><INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="Phone" VALUE=""></TD> > </TR> > <TR> > <TD>E-mail</TD> > <TD><INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="Email" VALUE=""></TD> > </TR> > <TR> > <TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER> > <INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" VALUE="Add Entry"> > </TD> > </TR> > </TABLE> > </TD> > </TR> > </TABLE> > </FORM> > > </BODY> > </HTML> > -------------------------------------------------- > add-entry.php > -------------------------------------------------- > > <HTML> > <BODY> > <?PHP > $db = pg_Connect( "dbname=AddressBook user=www"); > if( !$db ) > { > echo "Could not connect!"; > exit; > } > > $Name=$_GET['Name']; > $Email=$_GET['Email']; > $Phone=$_GET['Phone']; > > $query = "INSERT INTO Addresses VALUES( '$Name', '$Phone', '$Email' );"; > > $result = pg_Exec( $db, $query ); > > if( !$result ) > { > echo "No result set returned!"; > exit; > } > > $rows = pg_NumRows( $result ); > > if( $rows = 0 ) > { > echo "Add Failed."; > exit; > } > > $query = "SELECT * FROM Addresses WHERE \"Name\" = '$Name';"; > > $query = "SELECT * FROM Addresses WHERE \"Name\" = '$Name';"; > > $result = pg_Exec( $db, $query ); > $row = pg_Fetch_Row( $result, 0 ); > > $nameResult = $row[0]; > $phoneResult = $row[1]; > $emailResult = $row[2]; > > echo "Name = $nameResult<BR>"; > echo "Phone = $phoneResult<BR>"; > echo "E-mail = $emailResult<BR>"; > > pg_Close( $db ); > ?> > > <H3>Add Okay!</H3> > > </BODY> > </HTML> > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Error i get is > Mon Apr 03 18:39:53 2006] [notice] Apache/2.0.54 (Fedora) configured -- > resuming normal operations > [Mon Apr 03 18:42:17 2006] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: > /var/www/html/favicon.ico > [client 127.0.0.1] PHP Warning: pg_connect() [<a > href='function.pg-connect'>function.pg-connect</a>]: Unable to connect to > PostgreSQL server: could not connect to server: Permission denied\n\tIs > the server running locally and accepting\n\tconnections on Unix domain > socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"? in /var/www/html/add-entry.php on > line 5, referer: http://localhost/add.html > [Mon Apr 03 18:42:22 2006] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: > /var/www/html/favicon.ico > > _______________________________________________________ > > from the command line it works fine > i.e php add-entry.php works fine ( ofcourse adds an empty row into the > data base) > > -------------------------------------------------- > > i did telnet > > [root@localhost html]# telnet localhost 5432 > Trying 127.0.0.1... > Connected to localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1). > Escape character is '^]'. > > > Connection closed by foreign host. > > data/pg_log/postgresql-Mon.log contains > > LOG: invalid length of startup packet > > > > ------------------------------- > > > I am not getting any clue as to how to solve this problem ...let me know > if you have any idea in solving this porblem. > > regards > Muralidhar > > > ------------- nediam.com.mx