Re: Starting PostgreSQL - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Starting PostgreSQL
Date
Msg-id 23854.1223746141@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Starting PostgreSQL  (admin <mick@mjhall.org>)
List pgsql-general
admin <mick@mjhall.org> writes:
> I continually get this message:

> psql: could not connect to server: No such file or firectory
> Is the server running locally and accepting
> connections on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PDSQL.0"?

If it's really saying .0, and not .5432, then the problem is on the
client side --- it's got the wrong idea about the port number to
connect to.  Perhaps you have PGPORT set to something bogus in the
client environment?

            regards, tom lane

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