Re: ConnectDBStart() error

"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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