Glen Eustace <geustace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >>> My apologies, I shouldn't have used the generic socket error 'Connection >>> refused'. What I am getting are errors like >>> "Could not connect to database" from libnss-pgsql > This is the exact message from libnss-pgsql, While you are at it, you should complain to the libnss-pgsql authors about the inadequacy of the error message. It should at least be repeating the libpq error message ... regards, tom lane