Re: error connecting to database

Alexander Cohen <alex@toomuchspace.com> writes:
> Could not connect to server: permission denied.
> Is the server running locally and accepting
> connections on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"

> What exctly does this error message mean? What permissions is this
> error talking about?

The permissions on the socket file /tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432.

Ordinarily the postmaster will create the socket as world-writable,
but evidently not this time.  Perhaps you have set a nonstandard value
for "unix_socket_permissions"?  Another possibility is that it's not
the socket file itself, but /tmp that is mis-permissioned.

            regards, tom lane