It looks to me like postgres isn't actually running.
If it is running, you will need to check your startup script for it. To
allow TCP/IP connections to postgres you need to do one of the following:
1. If you run postgres using the 'postmaster' command, run it with '-i' as
a parameter.
2. I fyou run postgres using the 'pg_ctl' command, run it with the '-o
"-i"' parameter.
Read the man pages for either of these programs to learn more.
Chris
On 22 Sep 2001, Sameer Maggon wrote:
> hi,
> I have Redhat 6.2 and just installed Postgres
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> Well i just rpmed packaages
> postgresql-6.5...
> postgresql-server...
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> Well now if i do
> su postgres
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> bash$ createdb sameer
> Connection to database 'template1' failed.
> connectDB() -- connect() failed: Connection refused
> Is the postmaster running at 'localhost' and
> accepting connections on Unix socket '5432'?
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> createdb: database creation failed on sameer.
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> Please help
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> Sameer
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