"John Clark L. Naldoza" <njclark(at)ntsp(dot)nec(dot)co(dot)jp> writes:
> Chris Smith wrote:
>> Did you try what it suggests?
>>
>> If you're sure PostgreSQL isn't already running, remove the
>> "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432" file, and try again.
> That file didn't exist...;-)
In that case, are you sure you have write permission in /tmp ?
A "permission denied" failure on a socket is not magic, it's
just a file permissions problem ...
regards, tom lane