When I log into postgres host as postgres su and try to connect to DB (i.e. psql) I get the infamous error message: " Unable to connect to PostgresSQL server: connectDB() -- connect() failed: Connection refused Is the postmaster running at 'localhost' and accepting connections on Unix socket '5432'? " The strange thing is : -It DID work little time ago and nothing has been done to it. -(windows) Clients CAN still connect to the DB without any problems !! ??? -I am running it logged to linux as "postgres" su. -the postmaster is running. -the postmaster was started "su - postgres ..." and the port is 5432 - If I restart postgres then it will work for a while, but after a while it stops working, without any apparent reason. It has done the same thing few times now. Any suggestions ? I'm new to both linux & postgres so any help is greatly appreciated. -michael (A) ************
