"Scott Marlowe" <scott.marlowe@gmail.com> writes:
> On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 2:23 PM, Carol Walter <walterc@indiana.edu> wrote:
>> ... I can't connect to the database instance
>> from a remote host. I get a message as follows:
>> walterc@cat:~$ psql -h db -U walterc -d walterc -p 5433
>> psql: could not connect to server: Connection refused
>> Is the server running on host "db" and accepting
>> TCP/IP connections on port 5433?
> What does listen_addresses say in postgresql.conf for this instance?
If listen_addresses is set properly, another thing to check is whether
there is a firewall blocking connections to 5433 at the kernel or
network level.
regards, tom lane