admin wrote: > Sorry folks, a perennial one I'm sure ... > > I have read the manual and Googled for a couple of hours but still can't > connect to PostgreSQL 8.3.4 (the PGDG RPMs running on an up to date > CentOS 5.2). > > I continually get this message: > > psql: could not connect to server: No such file or firectory > Is the server running locally and accepting > connections on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PDSQL.0"? > > Yes, the server is running as 'ps -aux' and 'netstat -l' and 'service > postgresql status' all confirm. Do you mean you have something like this in your netstan -l? unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 12587 /tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432 note, this is on a linux box with postgresql in standard configuration. Just look at the port number embedded in the socket name. I don't really think you can run a process on port 0. I think your psql is looking for the wrong socket. Try: $ psql -p 5432 ... If you don't see any unix socket for PG (I don't even think that's possible), then you need to use IP sockets: $ psql -p 5432 -h localhost ... > > service postgresql start/stop/restart works without errors > pg_ctl start/stop/restart works without errors > > There is no socket file in /tmp. Opps sorry I missed this. Well double check with netstat, but it's possible your PG is not configured for Unix sockets... even if I wouldn't know how to do that. I just checked a CentOS5.2 running PG and there it is: $ ls -l /tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432 srwxrwxrwx 1 postgres postgres 0 Oct 13 01:22 /tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432 .TM. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
