On Tuesday 14 June 2005 03:14 pm, Joseph Koenig (jWeb) wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 10:05:05AM -0500, Joseph Koenig (jWeb) wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I'm having a difficulty getting PostgreSQL to accept TCP/IP > >> connections on FreeBSD 5.3. I have edited 'postgresql.conf' in my > >> postgres data directory to set the listen_address (and uncommented > >> it) and have the port line uncommented and set to the default > >> 5432. I then restarted the postmaster and tried to connect. I get: > >> > >> could not connect to server: Connection refused > >> Is the server running on host "xx.xxx.xx.xxx" and > >> accepting TCP/IP connections on port 5432? > >> > >> I can connect from localhost just fine. > > > > You need to set listen_addresses, like it says in the comments: > > > > listen_addresses = '*' > > > > This will allow Postgresql connections from all interfaces. > > I have already tried setting the listen_addresses to * and the actual > IP. Neither of which has worked. I restarted the postmaster both > times using the script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/, and by using pg_ctl. > Even tried starting postmaster with pg_ctl -i. Nothing seems to be > working. I have double-checked all of my pg_hba.conf settings, even > though the error doesn't indicate that is the problem at all. > > Anyone else have any ideas at all? Thanks, > > Joe Koenig > Production Manager > jWeb New Media Design > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.jwebmedia.com/ > 636.928.3162
Have you checked the firewall settings on both computers to ensure that port 5432 is open? Andrew Gould _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
