Re: BUG #14976: Connect to server

On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 11:58 AM, <meadow117(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>
> Bug reference: 14976
> Logged by: Mary Shevlin
> Email address: meadow117(at)gmail(dot)com
> PostgreSQL version: 10.1
> Operating system: Windows 10 Home 64 bit
> Description:
>
> could not connect to server: Connection refused (0x0000274D/10061) is the
> server running on host "localhost" (::1) and accepting TCP/IP connections
> on
> port 5432? could not connect to server: Connection refused
> (0x0000274D/10061) is the server running on host "localhost" (127.0.0.1)
> and
> acepting TCP/IP connections on port 5432?
>
> ENTERING PASSWORD DOES NOT WORK.

If the program is asking you whether the server you are trying to connect
to exists it did not get far enough into the connection process to even
attempt authentication (hence it wouldn't matter whether you entered the
correct password or not).

The bug reporting list is not a good place to ask for help of this sort.
Posting to pgsql-novice(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org (pgsql-admin or pgsql-general
would be alternatives) is preferred.

It would be good to indicate with what program you are attempting to
connect (pgAdmin, psql, something else) and how (from where) you installed
PostgreSQL.

David J.