In response to Kusuma Pabba : > when i use > /usr/local/pgsql/bin/psql test > this i am getting following error > psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory > Is the server running locally and accepting > connections on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"? > > should i restart the server or what should be done for this > > how can i resolve this issue Check, if the server is up and running. (netstat, ps, ...) The location of the socket depends on your distibution, under Debian this file is in /var/run/postgresql. You can start psql with -p or --port and the correct position or set the location in the postgresql.conf via unix_socket_directory = ... Regards, Andreas -- Andreas Kretschmer Kontakt: Heynitz: 035242/47150, D1: 0160/7141639 (mehr: -> Header) GnuPG-ID: 0x3FFF606C, privat 0x7F4584DA http://wwwkeys.de.pgp.net -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general