Hi Adrian: Not the same problem. Last time I couldn't get postgresql running at all. This time it is running and I can't connect to it. I did check for something else holding the socket, but as far as I can see nothing else has it. Regards, John =================================== On Friday 07 April 2017 18:51:33 Adrian Klaver wrote: > On 04/07/2017 02:38 PM, John Iliffe wrote: > > When I attempt to run any web application php cannot open a database > > because of failure to connect. (Please disregard the programme name, > > it is running in mod_php, not as an fcgi module). The (php) message > > is: > > > > -------------------------- > > [Fri Apr 07 17:03:28.597101 2017] [php7:warn] [pid 1797:tid > > 140599445419776] [client 192.168.1.10:45127] PHP Warning: > > pg_connect(): Unable to connect to PostgreSQL server: could not > > connect to server: No such file or directory\n\tIs the server running > > locally and > > accepting\n\tconnections on Unix domain socket > > "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"? in /httpd/iliffe/testfcgi.php on line > > 121 ---------------------------- > > > > The proper socket does exist: > > > > ------------------------------------- > > ls -al /tmp | grep PGSQL > > srwxrwxrwx. 1 postgres postgres 0 Apr 7 16:53 .s.PGSQL.5432 > > -rw-------. 1 postgres postgres 49 Apr 7 16:53 .s.PGSQL.5432.lock > > > > ss -a | grep 5432 > > u_str LISTEN 0 128 /tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432 30480 > > * 0 ------------------------------------- > > > > Running on Fedora 25 with SELinux in PERMISSIVE mode. The audit log > > shows no hits on Postgresql. > > > > Postgresql version number is 9.6.2 > > > > As expected, the postgresql log shows nothing since the last start up. > > Well the last time this happened the answer was this: > > https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/25543.1489081789%40sss.pgh.pa.us > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > John > > ===================================== -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general