Re: postmaster: StreamConnection: accept: No such device

Larry Rosenman wrote:
> Reid Thompson wrote:
>
>> Using a legacy installation ( 7.2.3 ).
>> Occasionally the system will reach a state where attempted psql
>> connection attempts fail, with the following error in the postgresql
>> log:
>> postmaster: StreamConnection: accept: No such device or address
>>
>> Will also occasionally get "no connection to server" errors from ecpg
>> programs ( which I believe are probably due to the same issud ).
>>
>> Can anyone shed some light on what could be causing this?  OS resource
>> limitation?  Known bug in ancient version of PG?
>>
>> thanks,
>> reid
>>
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>
> Is something cleaning /tmp of the unix socket?  Older versions didn't keep
> the
> timestamp updated, and /tmp cleaning utilities could remove the socket.
>
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The errors occur when psql is used with -h also, and the ecpg program is
connecting from a different host.