>
> From the user it cannot be seen if postmaster is running (pg_ctl
> status), but from root it is apparent that it does. It is true, that we
> do not have the -i option on, but we haven't found a way to change it
> that really works. We have tried changing the options in a file called
> postmaster.opts but it didn't work.
>
> Does anyone have a suggestion of what to do?
the postmaster MUST run with the -i option or else the error you get is
normal behaviour. Only local unix sockets are allowed then.
man pg_ctl says postmaster.opts.default as the file to change.
Try pg_ctl -o " -i" start.
Good Luck
Björn Lundin