i use fedora 11
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>> If it was trying to get that sort of connection, rather than TCP/IP,
>> the message would be different. Something like:
>>
>> # could not connect to server: No such file or directory
>> # Is the server running locally and accepting
>> # connections on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"?
>>
>
> Ah yeah, good point.
>>
>> You do have a point on the "Permission denied", though. If the
>> problem was where I was suggesting, it would probably say "Connection
>> refused". Perhaps some OS security restriction is in play here.
>>
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> SELinux? I've never used it personally but have heard it can throw some
> errors you don't normally expect.
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