Syntax:
postmaster -p <port>
Examples:
postmaster -p 5432
postmaster -p 5433
Cheers,
Ed
Robert Wagner wrote:
> I'm attempting to run two different postmasters on two different HP-UX
> servers, servicing two different apps. The only commonality is that I'm on
> one terminal.
>
> The first starts up OK. When I attempt to start the postmaster on the
> other server, I get the error,
>
> FATAL: StreamServerPort: bind() failed: errno=226 Is another postmaster
> already running on that port? If not, remove socket node
> (/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432) and retry./usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster: cannot
> create UNIX stream port
>
> Tried deleting the file, /tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432 but this had no effect.
>
> Do I need to use a different port number, to run postmaster on two
> different servers? If so, does anybody know how I can change the port
> number? Is there something else, that I'm doing wrong?
>
> I'm looking through the docs but can't find anything. I'd like to keep
> postgres in the organization and avoid switching to (and learning) some big
> commercial product like oracle!
>