On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:40:12 +0100, Jude DaShiell wrote: > This gets stranger by the second. I managed to get postgresql going as > user postgres with postgresql -h 127.0.0.1 & <cr>. Then I was able to > run createuser dashielljt successfully and createdb too. So I exited > the postgres identity and dropped back to dashielljt and tried psql -h > 127.0.0.1 and psql asked if connections were being accepted locally on > 127.0.0.1 and would not run.
This sounds as if the service is configured but perhaps not yet started. Run something like `/etc/init.d/postgresql-8.3 restart` as root and tell us what happens then try your psql call again. -- Regards Alex -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org