On Tue, Jan 07, 2014 at 11:00:01AM -0800, Rich Shepard wrote:
> As user postgres I try to start the server and see this:
>
> postgres(at)salmo:~$ postgres -D /usr/local/pgsql/data >logfile 2>&1 &
> [1] 8453
>
> But, when I try to access a database:
>
> psql: could not connect to server: Permission denied
> Is the server running locally and accepting
> connections on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"?
What are you seeing in your logfile? Not just ">logfile", but any
logfile configured in your postgresql.conf.
-john