Thanks TaChung, and I tried that, but unfortunately the end result was the same:
$ psql 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"? Connecting to the port via telnet fails: $ telnet localhost 5432 Connecting To localhost...Could not open a connection to host on port 5432 : Connect failed I tried connecting via pgAdmin 11 (1.4) and got the following error msg: "Number: -2147467259 Description: Could not connect to the server; Could not connect to the remote socket" Finally, I ran 'ps -ef' just after the postmaster successfully started (or so it says), but there's no sign of any postgresql related processes: $ ps -ef UID PID PPID TTY STIME COMMAND pkavan 1868 1 con 11:07:57 /usr/bin/bash pkavan 1692 1868 con 21:27:06 /usr/bin/ps I'm guessing the problems are all interconnected, but I thought the above info might help.. Thanks in advance, -Paul > -----Original Message----- > From: TaChung Huang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 1:48 PM > To: 'Paul Kavanagh'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ADMIN] Connection problem (newbie question) > > > HI Paul: you would need to specify a database name such as the > "template1". The "template1" database is installed by default as you > install PostgreSQL. > > psql <database name> > > If you do not specify a database name, the default database name that > psql will use is 'postgresql" > > > Regards > TaChung Huang (¶À¤j©¾) > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Paul Kavanagh > Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 12:51 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [ADMIN] Connection problem (newbie question) > > > Hi, > > I've just installed Postgresql 7.3 via Cygwin on Win2K, started the > postmaster successfully, yet cannot connect using psql. See below for > trace: > > $ pg_ctl start -D /usr/share/postresql/data -l serverlog postmaster > successfully started > > $ psql > 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"? > > I've attached my .conf. > > Any ideas ? > > Thanks in advance, > -Paul ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly