On Thu, 2010-10-21 at 10:35 -0700, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Thu, 21 Oct 2010, Scott Marlowe wrote: > > > So, what do > > > > telnet localhost 5432 > > Scott, > > That port's clear: > > [rshep...@salmo ~]$ telnet localhost 5432 > Trying 127.0.0.1... > Connected to localhost. > Escape character is '^]'. > > > AND > > psql -h localhost -l > > Huh! > > [rshep...@salmo ~]$ psql -h localhost -l > List of databases > Name | Owner | Encoding > -----------+------------+---------- > aesi | sql-ledger | LATIN1 > cms | rshepard | UTF8 > postgres | postgres | UTF8 > refdb | postgres | UTF8 > scirefs | rshepard | LATIN1 > template0 | postgres | UTF8 > template1 | postgres | UTF8 > (7 rows) > > So, why can't I connect to a database by entering, for example, 'psql > aesi'? > > Thanks, > > Rich
what does $ netstat -an |grep 5432 return? something is running on tcp port 5432
