Re: troubleshooting suggestions requested

hi,

take a look in to the file pg_hba.conf and be sure, that You are enabling
TCP/IP connections.

Rafal

At 11:38 05.03.2003 -0500, Richard Romanowski wrote:
>Greetings to all. I wonder if I might trouble you with a beginner's question.

>I have a postgres installation that appears to be working correctly when I
>used psql to connect to it from the postgres account. However, when I try
>to connect as postgres from other accounts, I can't connect. I think the
>password has been set correctly with ALTER USER from inside psql.
>
>I get the error:
>[rick(at)localhost javatest]$ e2:Connection refused. Check that the hostname
>and port are correct and that the postmaster is accepting TCP/IP connections.
>Connection refused. Check that the hostname and port are correct and that
>the postmaster is accepting TCP/IP connections.
> at
> org.postgresql.jdbc1.AbstractJdbc1Connection.openConnection(AbstractJdbc1Connection.java:167)
> at org.postgresql.Driver.connect(Driver.java:122)
> at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:512)
> at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:171)
> at j5.<init>(j5.java:17)
> at j5.main(j5.java:29)
>
>
>and the relevant chunk of my code is:
> final static private String _url =
> "jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/wombat1test";
> j5() {
> try {
> Class.forName(_driver);
> c = DriverManager.getConnection(_url, "postgres",
> "wombatpassport");
> }
> catch (java.sql.SQLException e2) {
> System.out.println("e2:"+e2.toString());
> e2.printStackTrace();
> }
>====
>Clearly, there are quite a few things that could be wrong. I've been
>reading the documentation and archive, but my troubleshooting ingenuity is
>running low. If
>anyone has any suggestions, I would be very grateful.