Re: BUG #16086: Cannot connect using psql, however I can connectusing pgadmin - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Jeff Janes
Subject Re: BUG #16086: Cannot connect using psql, however I can connectusing pgadmin
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LOG:  listening on Unix socket "/u01/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5437"
LOG:  listening on Unix socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5437"

...


[root@zardplpsmasdev01 ~]# su - postgres -c "psql"
psql: error: could not connect to server: 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"?

You probably have multiple binaries installed coming from different packages or package managers.  psql is searching for the socket in one place, which is not either of the two places the server is listening.  You could explicitly tell it where to connect with either `-h /tmp`, or `-h 127.0.0.1`.  Or you could find the correct "psql" to run (the one that came with the running server) so that it just knows where to look, possibly uninstalling the wrong psql to minimize future confusion.

Cheers,

Jeff

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