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RE: postgres help
- From: "Bill McCormick" <wpmccormick at covad dot net>
- To: "Jason House" <jhouse at mitre dot org>,<cygwin at cygwin dot com>,<pgsql-cygwin at postgresql dot org>
- Cc: <jason at tishler dot net>
- Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 19:32:55 -0500
- Subject: RE: postgres help
- Reply-to: <wpmccormick at covad dot net>
>
> I've gone through all the steps to set up postgreSQL on windows XP. I
> have updated permissions (to /tmp /usr/bin /usr/bin/*), verified the
> system path variable, and verified that ipc and postmaster services have
> been started. I don't understand why I'm getting the following error:
>
> $ psql -U postgres template1
> psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory
> Is the server running locally and accepting
> connections on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"?
>
> The error does not change if I log in as myself or as postgres.
> Any hints as to what to try would be greatly appreciated.
>
Is your XP firewall running? If so, try shutting it down and try connecting
again.
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