"Adam Lang" <aalang@rutgersinsurance.com> writes:
> I run this command and their seems to be no problem:
> postmaster -i -D /usr/local/pgsql/data >logfile 2>&1 &
> I type CREATEDB brokers and I get this output:
> psql: connectDBStart() -- connect() failed: Connection refused
> Is the postmaster running at 'localhost'
> and accepting connections on Unix socket '5432'?
> createdb: database creation failed
> [1]+ Exit 2 postmaster -i -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
>> logfile 2>&1
It looks to me like the postmaster started and immediately quit,
which you didn't notice because the shell didn't report it until
the end of your next command. What is in the postmaster logfile?
regards, tom lane