Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Reply-To: From: "Bill McCormick" To: "Jason House" , , Cc: Subject: RE: postgres help Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 19:32:55 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal In-Reply-To: <3F46A361.7090603@mitre.org> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Importance: Normal > > I've gone through all the steps to set up postgreSQL on windows XP. I > have updated permissions (to /tmp /usr/bin /usr/bin/*), verified the > system path variable, and verified that ipc and postmaster services have > been started. I don't understand why I'm getting the following error: > > $ psql -U postgres template1 > psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory > Is the server running locally and accepting > connections on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"? > > The error does not change if I log in as myself or as postgres. > Any hints as to what to try would be greatly appreciated. > Is your XP firewall running? If so, try shutting it down and try connecting again. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.512 / Virus Database: 309 - Release Date: 8/19/2003 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/