Re: error on connecting port 5432

From: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Atul Kumar <akumar14871(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>, Postgres General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: error on connecting port 5432
Date: 2020-12-02 06:14:55
Message-ID: CAKFQuwb5_XHwRkEqt2WFHDhEDyrb0Mu9mQcQFJr3KdhGbLvnEQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Tuesday, December 1, 2020, Atul Kumar <akumar14871(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> There is no directory of postgresql in /var/run.

Wasn’t expecting there to be, that’s what you get the error.

> Please help me out.
>

Since “su - postgres” works for psql just do that for createuser.

Or do what Tom said and specify -h /tmp in your commands

It might be interesting to see what “which psql” shows in each case; or
whether psql works in the sudo -u case.

David J.

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