Re: Strange startup error

On Fri, Mar 17, 2006 at 03:05:17PM -0500, Andrew Stewart wrote:
> I have had postgres working perfectly up until recently.  Now suddenly I
> get an error when trying to run postgres:
>
> % psql
> psql: FATAL:  No pg_hba.conf entry for host localhost, user postgres,
> database postgres
>
> % postmaster &
> LOG:  could not bind Unix socket: Address already in use
> HINT:  Is another postmaster already running on port 5432? If not,
> remove socket file "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432" and retry.
>
> Anyone have an ideas?

Postgres is running, no need to start postmaster.

Read the psql message, read the chapter
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/client-authentication.html
and configure pg_hba.conf to meet your needs.

"pg_ctl reload" afterwards.

Peter