More on this /tmp/s.PGSQL.5423 problem

This error is almost like mine:
.....
FATAL: StreamServerPort: bind() failed: errno=13
Is another postmaster already running on that port?
If not, remove socket node
(/tmp/.s.PGSQL.<portnr>)and retry.
/usr/bin/postmaster: cannot create UNIX stream port
postmaster []
.....

But I absolutely do not have any .s.* any file in my /tmp
directory. So there must be someother reason that this error
comes up postgres....

Thanks for your time.

dn

Re: [GENERAL] Postmaster Won't Start

From: Brian <signal(at)shreve(dot)net>
To: Bernie <bfb(at)att(dot)net>
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Postmaster Won't Start
Date: Sun, 2 Aug 1998 12:45:39 -0500 (CDT)

On Sun, 2 Aug 1998, Bernie wrote:

>
>
> whenever I attempt to start the postmaster, I get the
> following error:
>
> FindBackend: found "/usr/bin/postgres" using argv[0]
> FATAL: StreamServerPort: bind() failed: errno=13
> Is another postmaster already running on that port?
> If not, remove socket node (/tmp/.s.PGSQL.<portnr>)and retry.

you removed the .s.PGAQL.<portnr> files in /tmp like it says
to right?

>
> I'ts been working fine for several weeks until recently. There are
> no files in /tmp relating to postgreSQL. The port I'm using is not in
> use by another process, determined with the ps auxw|grep postma
> command, and also, fuser -vun tcp 5432.
>
> Here's the command I'm using to start postmaster:
> nohup /usr/bin/postmaster -i -B 256 -p 5432 -d -D /var/lib/pgsql
> >/home/postgres/pgsql.log 2>/home/postgres/pgsql.err &
>
> I'm using postgreSQL 6.3.2 under RedHat Linux 5.1.
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>

remove the files in tmp its asking you to.

> -Thanks
>
>

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