In response to Kusuma Pabba :
> when i use
> /usr/local/pgsql/bin/psql test
> this i am getting following error
> psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory
> Is the server running locally and accepting
> connections on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"?
>
> should i restart the server or what should be done for this
>
> how can i resolve this issue
Check, if the server is up and running. (netstat, ps, ...)
The location of the socket depends on your distibution, under Debian
this file is in /var/run/postgresql. You can start psql with -p or
--port and the correct position or set the location in the
postgresql.conf via unix_socket_directory = ...
Regards, Andreas
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