Re: posgres-7.1.3 hpux-11.00 posmaster died

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: bk226157(at)skynet(dot)be (pierre)
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: posgres-7.1.3 hpux-11.00 posmaster died
Date: 2002-01-08 16:17:43
Message-ID: 16694.1010506663@sss.pgh.pa.us
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bk226157(at)skynet(dot)be (pierre) writes:
> This morning I saw my database had no new record added since
> yesterday.

> I tried first to connect to my db but I got the following answer:

>> psql tkgdb1240
> psql: connectDBStart() -- connect() failed: No such file or directory
> Is the postmaster running locally
> and accepting connections on Unix socket '/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432'?

> I displayed the process:

>> ps -ef | grep post
> postgres 6089 1 0 Dec 27 pts/ta 0:47
> /opt/postgres/bin/postmaster -i -D /db1240/data

Looks to me like your postmaster is fine. Probably what is not fine
is the socket file /tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432. Do you have some cron job that
cleans out /tmp periodically? If so, you might need to teach it not
to remove socket files.

regards, tom lane

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