In postgresql.conf the first entry should be something like 'tcpip'.
Set it to 'true'. That's the equivalent of the postmaster -D.
HTH,
-Tony
ogeer@cs.queensu.ca (Nailah Ogeer) wrote in message news:<Pine.SOL.4.33.0312271407030.3848-100000@innovate>...
> How do you connect to postgres if it is running on a different machine. I
> am looking for a telnet command in place of postmaster -D data
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