Re: ConnectDBStart() error

"Andrew Chan" wrote:
>I'm using SuSE Linux 7.0 with PostgreSQL 7.0.3. I encounter the following e=
>rror while adding a user
>
>test:~# su postgres
>test:/root ~# createuser
>Shall the user be allowed to create databases?(y/n) : y
>Shall the user be allowed to create more users? (y/n) : y
>psql: ConnectDBStart() -- connect failed - Connection refused
> Is the postmaster running at localhost?
> and accepting connection on Unix sockets '5432'?

What's the answer to those questions? Do:

ps ax | grep postmaster

to answer the first, and

ls -l /tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432

or (as root)

lsof -U | grep 5432

to answer the second.

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