Re: PG on zeta 1.0

kmh496 <kmh496(at)kornet(dot)net> writes:
> 2006-05-20 (), 11:53 -0400, Tom Lane :
>> It looks to me like you don't have DNS correctly configured on that
>> machine. Every machine should be able to resolve "localhost" as
>> "127.0.0.1" --- that's standard. Look at name resolution settings,
>> /etc/resolv.conf, that sort of thing.

> i think it's the port for an unknown reason. I don't have any port
> number listed for 5543 but it gives me the same error when i try to use
> it. If I use port 55543 however there is no problem.

Really? That's very interesting. Have you tried adding 5432 to
/etc/services and then referencing the port number by the name you
give it there? I've never heard of a resolver rejecting numerical
specifications for low-numbered ports, but there's a first time for
everything ...

regards, tom lane