Re: Unable to connect to Postgresql

On 04/07/2017 05:35 PM, Adrian Klaver wrote:
> On 04/07/2017 05:03 PM, John Iliffe wrote:

>>>> Running on Fedora 25 with SELinux in PERMISSIVE mode. The audit log
>>>> shows no hits on Postgresql.

>> My going in position was/still is, that this is a SELinux security
>> problem
>> but I am finding SELinux to be the most opaque and badly documented
>> software
>> that I have ever had to deal with, which is why it is running in
>> permissive
>> mode at the moment.
>
> Well what I know about SELinux would fit in the navel of a flea(tip of
> the hat to David Niven), so I can not be of much help there. The reason
> I am returned this thread to the list, there are folks that do
> understand it.

If SELinux is running in permissive I don't see how it could be at fault
for your issue. Did you verify that (getenforce)?

>> --------------------------
>> [Fri Apr 07 17:03:28.597101 2017] [php7:warn] [pid 1797:tid
>> 140599445419776] [client 192.168.1.10:45127] PHP Warning:
>> pg_connect(): Unable to connect to PostgreSQL server: could not
>> connect to server: No such file or directory\n\tIs the server running
>> locally and
>> accepting\n\tconnections on Unix domain socket
>> "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"? in /httpd/iliffe/testfcgi.php on line
>> 121 ----------------------------

This might be a silly question, but is PHP running on the same server as
Postgres?

HTH,

Joe

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