RE: [GENERAL] newbe question

If you see that postmaster is indeed running, then most likely it was not
started with the -i switch.  This switch is needed for tcp connections,
ie: port 5432.  This is covered in the Client Connection Problems section
of the documentation.

HTH
Rick
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On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, [iso-8859-2] Daniel P�der wrote:

>login as the root and at the linux prompt # type following
>=======example=======
>ps aux | grep postmaster
>=====================
>
>then You should get few lines containig one looking like that, notice the text  "postmaster" at the end of line:
>=====example===========
>postgres   345  0.0  2.9  3376   904  ?  S    12:31   0:00 /usr/bin/postmaster -
>=======================
>if not, then the backend server is not running - so it is not installed
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From:    Phil Oelkers [SMTP:Phil.Oelkers@experian.com]
>Sent:    Tuesday, August 24, 1999 6:00 PM
>To:    Pgsql-general@postgreSQL.org
>Subject:    [GENERAL] newbe question
>
>Ok I'm and old pro at SQL (DB2, Access) but a total Linux/Unix idiot.
>
>I have Mandrake RedHat Linux and think I have postgresql installed.
>
>At the shell I type
>
>psql template1
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>Linux complains
>
>connectDB() failed:  Is postmaster running and accepting conections at
>'UNIX SOCKET' on port 5432
>
>
>Being a near complete Linux idiot I have no clue what this means.
>
>Anybody care to help?
>
>Thanks
>
>Phil Oelkers
>Database Analyst - Team O
>Experian DirectTech
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