Re: Problem:- createdb: could not connect to database postgres: could not connect to server: No such file or directory - Mailing list pgsql-admin

Jaisen N.D. wrote:

> postgres@localhost:~$ /usr/lib/postgresql/8.1/bin/createdb test
> createdb: could not connect to database postgres: could not connect to
> server: No such file or directory
>         Is the server running locally and accepting
>         connections on Unix domain socket
> "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432"?
> postgres@localhost:~$
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Why it can't connect to server? How can I resolve it??


Doublecheck to see what port PostgreSQL is running on. Debian is known
to put postgreSQL on non-standard ports, in order to make it possible to
run multiple versions of postgreSQL on the same machine.


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Tommy Gildseth