Adrian Klaver <aklaver@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Wednesday 15 April 2009 5:30:29 am SongDongyan wrote: >> FATAL: could not open lock file "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432.lock": Permission >> denied > First are you trying to connect to a local server or a remote server? > Second what is listen_addresses in postgresql.conf set to? The /tmp permissions problem is unrelated to listen_addresses ... need to fix that. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general