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| 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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| From: | "Robert B(dot) Easter" <reaster(at)comptechnews(dot)com> |
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| To: | "Oliver Elphick" <olly(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk>, "Andrew Chan" <happyfish(at)cheerful(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: ConnectDBStart() error |
| Date: | 2000-12-12 15:20:52 |
| Message-ID: | 0012121020521V.00289@comptechnews |
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On Tuesday 12 December 2000 06:49, Oliver Elphick wrote:
> "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.
I don't have the "lsof" command on my system: Slackware 7.1. What does it
do? Should I download it from somewhere and install it?
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