> telnet svr 5432 produces:
> telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
well the port isn't open either because there is no process listening on it,
or because your firewall is not allowing incoming traffic to connect to it.
be aware that postgres doesn't necessarily allow connections via tcp by
default. you need to make sure that postmaster is running with the -i option.
this tells it to accept connections via tcp in addition to unix domain
sockets. once postgres is listening and you can connect to the port, you will
also need to configure /path/to/postgres/data/pg_hba.conf to configure the
permissions. Postgres is usually installed at /var/lib/pgsql on redhat'ish
systems.
this will get you started anyway.
--
Damien Bateman
Egressive Ltd
--
Words of wisdom from Homer :-
It all happened at the beginning of that turbulent decade known as the
eighties. Those were idealistic days: the candidacy of John Anderson,
the rise of Supertramp. It was an exciting time to be young.
-- Homer Simpson
I Married Marge
