From: | "Oliver Elphick" <olly(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk> |
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To: | "Andrew Chan" <happyfish(at)cheerful(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: ConnectDBStart() error |
Date: | 2000-12-12 11:49:11 |
Message-ID: | 200012121149.eBCBnBr11652@linda.lfix.co.uk |
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"Andrew Chan" wrote:
>I'm using SuSE Linux 7.0 with PostgreSQL 7.0.3. I encounter the following e=
>rror while adding a user
>
>test:~# su postgres
>test:/root ~# createuser
>Shall the user be allowed to create databases?(y/n) : y
>Shall the user be allowed to create more users? (y/n) : y
>psql: ConnectDBStart() -- connect failed - Connection refused
> Is the postmaster running at localhost?
> and accepting connection on Unix sockets '5432'?
What's the answer to those questions? Do:
ps ax | grep postmaster
to answer the first, and
ls -l /tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432
or (as root)
lsof -U | grep 5432
to answer the second.
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