"A. Kretschmer" <andreas.kretschmer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > am 02.03.2006, um 4:37:02 -0800 mailte kishore.sainath@xxxxxxxxx folgendes: >> psql: could not connect to server: Connection refused >> Is the server running on host "server-name" and accepting >> TCP/IP connections on port 5432? > Check the postgresql.conf for the value "listen_addresses". > My guess: listen_address is at the moment 'localhost'. Change this to > the LAN-address or '*'. If listen_addresses is correct and you still get "Connection refused", the other thing to look at is the kernel's packet filtering rules (iptables). I believe the default configuration on FC4 will reject external connections to 5432. regards, tom lane
