Thread: Re: [GENERAL] How do I change port for the postmaster?

Hi,

Please look at man postmaster. There's a -p option where you can specify
portnumber.

While starting psql again there's a -p option.

Hope this helps.

Murali
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Wagner <rwagner@siac.com>
To: pgsql-general@postgreSQL.org <pgsql-general@postgreSQL.org>
Date: 15 December 1999 23:21
Subject: [GENERAL] How do I change port for the postmaster?


>I'm attempting to run two different postmasters on two different HP-UX
>servers, servicing two different apps.  The only commonality is that I'm on
>one terminal.
>
>The first starts up OK.  When I attempt to start the postmaster on the
>other server, I get the error,
>
>FATAL: StreamServerPort: bind() failed: errno=226  Is another postmaster
>already running on that port? If not, remove socket node
>(/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432) and retry./usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster: cannot
>create UNIX stream port
>
>Tried deleting the file, /tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432 but this had no effect.
>
>Do I need to use a different port number, to run postmaster on two
>different servers?  If so, does anybody know how I can change the port
>number?  Is there something else, that I'm doing wrong?
>
>I'm looking through the docs but can't find anything.  I'd like to keep
>postgres in the organization and avoid switching to (and learning) some big
>commercial product like oracle!
>
>Thanks!
>Rob Wagner
>Lowly Consultant,
>SIAC
>
>
>
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