Re: Server Crash: Issues Re-starting Postgres [RESOLVED]

From: Rich Shepard <rshepard(at)appl-ecosys(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Server Crash: Issues Re-starting Postgres [RESOLVED]
Date: 2014-01-07 21:06:10
Message-ID: alpine.LNX.2.00.1401071303250.5681@salmo.appl-ecosys.com
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On Tue, 7 Jan 2014, Rich Shepard wrote:

> What is the process I follow to get postgres running again?

Found the problem and fixed it.

I had touched /tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432 as root and it was a regular file, not a
socket. Stopping postgres, deleting that file, and restarting the server
fixed the problem. Now /tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432 is a socket and I can access my
databases.

Rich

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