Re: connect from network PC

robert @ihug.co.nz ("Robert Morgan") wrote in message news:<005b01c40d97$5f098a20$0200a8c0@hyde>...
> Hi I have Postgres installed on a PC running RH9 which is networked to my o
> ther (win2k) PC. I have created a couple of DB's and want to connect to the
> m from my win2k PC using DBTools however I get this error message:
>
> Loading Server pgsql@localhost (PostgreSQL): could not connect to server: C
> onnection refused (0x0000274D/10061)
>  Is the server running on host 192.168.0.1 and accepting  TCP/IP connection
> s on port 5432?
>
> I realise this a DBTools error message but does anyone have any ideas?
>
> I have a mysql server running on the same RH pc and can connect to the MySq
> l databases without a problem.
>
> Thanks
>
> Bob
> --

I've seen this message a few times and in each case it was because
postgres wasn't configured to accept TCP/IP connections.

Hope that helps.

Bob.