Re:

On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Guido wrote:

> I can't run postmaster.
>
> The terms of the problems are:
>
> Distro - RH 7.1
> PGSQL - 7.1.3
> I've setup the rc.d script with <chkconfig -add> so to have Postgresql
> start at system boot and it works fine!
> Now, in order to connect to the DB with a Java application, I need to
> configure the Postgres server in order to accept TCP/IP connection. The
> Programmer's Guide says to supply the -i flag when starting the postmaster,
> but, I think, I'm already running the postmaster.
> My question is :
>     How can I enable the TCP/IP connection with the database already
> running?
>
> I've tried with the postmaster -i but I receive the following message:
>     Lock file "/var/lib/pgsql/data/postmaster.pid" already exists.
>     Is another postmaster (pid 801) running in "/var/lib/pgsql/data"?

You need to shut the postmaster down ('kill 801' will do it), then start
it back up with the -i parameter.

-- Brett
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