Alexander Farber <alexander.farber@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > TLDR "psql words_de" works, but "psql -h localhost words_de" does not I'd try connecting the first way and seeing what "show listen_addresses" gives. Per your report it should be "*", but maybe something is overriding that. If it is "*", then it seems like something is interfering with expanding that. Maybe try explicitly setting it to "localhost"? regards, tom lane