Andy Shellam <andy-lists(at)networkmail(dot)eu> wrote:
> donghe(at)caltech(dot)edu wrote:
>> Unable to connect to PostgreSQL server:
>> could not connect to server: Permission denied
>> Is the server running on host "localhost" and accepting
>> TCP/IP connections on port 5432? "
> Because the error is "Permission denied", I'm guessing it's
> permissions on the /tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432 socket that will need
> checking?
If it was trying to get that sort of connection, rather than TCP/IP,
the message would be different. Something like:
# could not connect to server: No such file or directory
# Is the server running locally and accepting
# connections on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"?
You do have a point on the "Permission denied", though. If the
problem was where I was suggesting, it would probably say "Connection
refused". Perhaps some OS security restriction is in play here.
-Kevin