| From: | Jan Wieck <janwieck(at)yahoo(dot)com> |
|---|---|
| To: | Archibald Zimonyi <archie(at)netg(dot)se> |
| Cc: | pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Connections? |
| Date: | 2001-12-20 13:03:43 |
| Message-ID: | 200112201303.fBKD3hp01657@saturn.jw.home |
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Archibald Zimonyi wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I get the following error:
>
> psql: connectDBStart() -- connect() failed: Connection refused
> Is the postmaster running locally
> and accepting connections on Unix socket '/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432'?
>
> when I try to connect after having started the postmaster. The
> problem is that unless I make /tmp writeable for everyone
> postgres is not allowed to create the .s.PGSQL.5432 file. Is
> there any way to make postmaster create this file anywhere else?
The /tmp directory is supposed to be writable by everyone,
and should have the sticky bit set. Alot of unix software
expects that, not only Postgres.
Jan
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