"P. Broennimann" <peter.broennimann@gmail.com> writes: > -> The problem I am having is that I can not start pgagent. When I try:
> cd /usr/bin > ./pgagent hostaddr=127.0.0.1 port=5432 dbname=postgres user=postgres
> and I get the following errors:
> /usr/bin$ WARNING: Couldn't create the primary connection (attempt 1): > could not connect to server: Connection refused > Is the server running on host "127.0.0.1" and accepting > TCP/IP connections on port 5432?
"Connection refused" is a kernel-level error, not Postgres refusing the connection. Either the postmaster is not actually listening on that port, or there is a packet filter rejecting the traffic. I'd bet on the latter given what you've said.