kmh496 <kmh496@kornet.net> writes:
> 2006-05-20 (��), 11:53 -0400, Tom Lane ���ñ�:
>> 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