Thread: running pgaccess on localhost
Hello, pgsql newbie here... I'm trying to run pgaccess on a database I've created, and I get the following error: PostgreSQL error message: Connection to database failed PQconnectPoll() -- connect() failed: Connection refused Is the postmaster running (with -i) at 'localhost' and accepting connections on TCP/IP port '5432'? Now the postmaster is not normally set up with the -i option, and I'd like to keep it that way since I'm intending to use my workstation for local development only (are there any security issues by activating the -i option?). Indeed turning the -i option on does in fact allow me to use pgaccess without error. However, since I'm running pgaccess from a terminal window on my machine I would have thought that this would constitute a local domain socket connection (or at least a connection from the localhost), so I'm confused by the error message -- am I missing something or do I really have to enable TCP/IP connections if I want to initiate database access using pgacess from a terminal window? Mike [running postgreSQL 7.0 on Linux-Mandrake with kernel 2.4.3]
On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, Mike Goetz wrote: > Hello, pgsql newbie here... > > I'm trying to run pgaccess on a database I've created, and I get the > following error: > > PostgreSQL error message: Connection to database failed > PQconnectPoll() -- connect() failed: Connection refused > Is the postmaster running (with -i) at 'localhost' and accepting > connections on TCP/IP port '5432'? > > Now the postmaster is not normally set up with the -i option, and I'd like > to keep it that way since I'm intending to use my workstation for local > development only (are there any security issues by activating the -i > option?). Indeed turning the -i option on does in fact allow me to use > pgaccess without error. > > However, since I'm running pgaccess from a terminal window on my machine I > would have thought that this would constitute a local domain socket > connection (or at least a connection from the localhost), so I'm confused > by the error message -- am I missing something or do I really have to > enable TCP/IP connections if I want to initiate database access using > pgacess from a terminal window? The fact that you're running pgaccess from a term window doesn't mean that pgaccess connects to PG w/a local socket. Someone may know how to configure pgaccess to use a local socket. If not, use the -i switch, and edit $PGDATA/pg_hba.conf to block access from other machines. (This is the default setting.) -- Joel Burton <jburton@scw.org> Director of Information Systems, Support Center of Washington
Joel Burton wrote: >On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, Mike Goetz wrote: >> I'm trying to run pgaccess on a database I've created, and I get the >> following error: >> >> PostgreSQL error message: Connection to database failed >> PQconnectPoll() -- connect() failed: Connection refused >> Is the postmaster running (with -i) at 'localhost' and accepting >> connections on TCP/IP port '5432'? >The fact that you're running pgaccess from a term window doesn't mean that >pgaccess connects to PG w/a local socket. > >Someone may know how to configure pgaccess to use a local socket. If not, >use the -i switch, and edit $PGDATA/pg_hba.conf to block access from other >machines. (This is the default setting.) When pgaccess's connection dialog appears, remove any entry from the host field. If this is empty, pgaccess will connect through the Unix socket; if it has anything at all in it, it will use TCP/IP. -- Oliver Elphick Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver PGP: 1024R/32B8FAA1: 97 EA 1D 47 72 3F 28 47 6B 7E 39 CC 56 E4 C1 47 GPG: 1024D/3E1D0C1C: CA12 09E0 E8D5 8870 5839 932A 614D 4C34 3E1D 0C1C ======================================== "Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded." James 4:8
On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 08:24:53AM +0000, Mike Goetz wrote: > Hello, pgsql newbie here... > > I'm trying to run pgaccess on a database I've created, and I get the > following error: > > PostgreSQL error message: Connection to database failed > PQconnectPoll() -- connect() failed: Connection refused > Is the postmaster running (with -i) at 'localhost' and accepting > connections on TCP/IP port '5432'? > > Now the postmaster is not normally set up with the -i option, and I'd like > to keep it that way since I'm intending to use my workstation for local > development only (are there any security issues by activating the -i > option?). Indeed turning the -i option on does in fact allow me to use > pgaccess without error. > > However, since I'm running pgaccess from a terminal window on my machine I > would have thought that this would constitute a local domain socket > connection (or at least a connection from the localhost), so I'm confused > by the error message -- am I missing something or do I really have to > enable TCP/IP connections if I want to initiate database access using > pgacess from a terminal window? Try not specifying a hostname or port in the login window. Then it should use the local unix socket method (I think). -- Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net>