Hi, Got it working now, though after several searches and hit-n-trials....
The problem was in my "/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf"; where it needed my machine's IP. Now got it working. But the real issue of service is not yet being recognized with in the command: # service postgresql status postgresql: unrecognized service Or even: #service pg_ctl status pg_ctl: unrecognized service And strange is when I do: # /sbin/service --status-all I can see among other service (pg_ctl) running: pg_ctl: server is running (PID: 29330) /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres "-i" "-D" "/usr/local/pgsql/data" Don't know what is/was issue; but anyways Thanks for helping. Regards -Jan Muhammad --- On Fri, 5/8/09, dayat <sql.m...@yahoo.co.id> wrote: From: dayat <sql.m...@yahoo.co.id> Subject: Re: [ADMIN] How to check whether PostgreSQL server is up and running? To: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Date: Friday, May 8, 2009, 9:42 PM Ok let's to create a cluster for you, be sure the pg8 directory owned by postgres user and the directory is empty. [postg...@callisto]$ initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/postgresql-8.3.7/pg8 -U postgres -W Type your password if they ask, wait initdb process until finish. And try the server: [postg...@callisto]$ pg_ctl -D /usr/local/pgsql/postgresql-8.3.7/pg8 start enter to database postgres with user postgres and type your password [postg...@callisto]$ psql postgres postgres -W Tell me if this not work. Regards Hidayat ----- Original Message ----- From: Jan Muhammad To: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 4:11 PM Subject: [ADMIN] How to check whether PostgreSQL server is up and running? Hi, After having various error message in starting PostgreSQL version 8.2.11; finally uninstalled/deleted it. Now trying my luck on 8.3.7, but things haven't changed for me. When I try to check that postmaster server is running or not? I get the following error: $ postmaster -D /usr/local/pgsql/data LOG: could not translate host name "localhost", service "5432" to address: Name or service not known WARNING: could not create listen socket for "localhost" FATAL: could not create any TCP/IP sockets ....................................................................... Similarly when I try to start postgres server with [postg...@callisto postgresql-8.3.7]$ pg_ctl -D pg8 start postgres cannot access the server configuration file "/usr/local/pgsql/postgresql-8.3.7/pg8/postgresql.conf": No such file or directory server starting Have no idea what's wrong and where the problem is? Do I need to change/edit some of Environment variable settings or what? Or should I reinstall PostgreSQL with Yum?? Or should give up using PostgreSQL and switch to some other DB like MySQL etc... No idea what to do.....? Thanks in advance for help. -Jan Muhammad