In postgresql.conf the first entry should be something like 'tcpip'. Set it to 'true'. That's the equivalent of the postmaster -D.
HTH, -Tony [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nailah Ogeer) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > How do you connect to postgres if it is running on a different machine. I > am looking for a telnet command in place of postmaster -D data > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command > (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]) ---------------------------(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