[CentOS] Solved - Postgresql uses sockets - but I'd like to use TCP/IP

Mon Apr 4 11:25:55 UTC 2011
Timothy Kesten <centos-lst at gmx.de>

Am Montag, 4. April 2011 13:00 schrieb John R Pierce:
> On 04/04/11 3:44 AM, Timothy Kesten wrote:
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > CentOS 5.5 - Postgresql 8.4
> >
> > Installed - startet
> >
> > try to
> >
> >   createuser -d- -a -p username
> >
> > get message
> >
> > 	could not connect to server: Connection refused
> >          	Is the server running locally and accepting
> >          	connections on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.0"?
>
> -p is the port number.    you seem to have convinced it to use port 0
> which obviously isn't correct
>
>
> if you want to use tcp, you would specify a hostname via -h

thought the -p option is for "password".

But problem is solved: reinstalled Postgresql - now it works like it should

Thx
Timothy