Re: can't run on TCP/IP ports

On Sun, 4 Feb 2001, Patrick Raphael wrote:

>
> When I attempt to run postmaster on a TCP/IP socket, I get the following
> error:
>
>
> FATAL: StreamServerPort: bind() failed: Permission denied
>         Is another postmaster already running on that port?
>         If not, remove socket node (/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432)
> and retry.
> /usr/lib/postgresql/bin/postmaster: cannot create UNIX stream port
>
>
> There is no other postmaster running, there is nothing in
> /var/run/postgresql, nothing else is on port 5432(switching to another
> port doesn't make a difference), I am logged on as user postgres, the
> user postgres owns all files in the postgres home directory, and
> postmaster works fine with UNIX domain sockets.  Does anyone have any
> other ideas what could be wrong?  I am running Debian 2.2
>

Telnet to port 5432 and see if something answers.  Are you running
something like portsentry or something that may be listening on it?

Vince.
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