Usually, after what you've already confirmed, it's likely to be one of the following:
- check "listen_address" is set correctly in postgresql.conf. (try "listen_address = *" and restart postgres) - check port 5432 is open on iptables. (service iptables status, netstat -a | grep 5432) Cheers From: Yvon Thoraval <yvon.thora...@gmail.com> To: "pgsql-general@postgresql.org" <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>, Date: 19/11/2012 12:14 Subject: [GENERAL] remote connection refused Sent by: pgsql-general-ow...@postgresql.org I'd like to have a checklist upon what to do, what to investigate, when an external connection is refused. if i connect by : psql -h localhost -p 5432 -U yt mydb it works as usual however even locally but using the LAN address : psql -h 192.168.0.20 -p 5432 -U yt mydb i got a : psql: could not connect to server: Connexion refusée Is the server running on host "192.168.0.20" and accepting TCP/IP connections on port 5432? obviously I've verified by ping the computer is reachable. something i suspect : $ lal /var/run/postgresql total 12 drwxrwsr-x 2 postgres postgres 140 nov. 19 09:53 . drwxr-xr-x 26 root root 900 nov. 19 09:45 .. -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 6 nov. 19 09:53 9.1-main.pid -rw-r--r-- 1 postgres postgres 4 nov. 19 07:10 pgbouncer.pid srwxrwxrwx 1 postgres postgres 0 nov. 19 09:53 .s.PGSQL.5432 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 71 nov. 19 09:53 .s.PGSQL.5432.lock srwxrwxrwx 1 postgres postgres 0 nov. 19 07:10 .s.PGSQL.6432 this the locked file : .s.PGSQL.5432.lock is that normal or not ? something to say, i had a brutal shutdown due to over heating of my laptop recently. on the pg_hba.conf i do have a bunch of IPV6 addresses allowing connection then i don't think the prob comes from here, but nevermind... in such a situation what is your checklist in order to find what I've missed ? -- Yvon ============================================= Romax Technology Limited Rutherford House Nottingham Science & Technology Park Nottingham, NG7 2PZ England Telephone numbers: +44 (0)115 951 88 00 (main) For other office locations see: http://www.romaxtech.com/Contact ================================= =============== E-mail: i...@romaxtech.com Website: www.romaxtech.com ================================= ================ Confidentiality Statement This transmission is for the addressee only and contains information that is confidential and privileged. Unless you are the named addressee, or authorised to receive it on behalf of the addressee you may not copy or use it, or disclose it to anyone else. If you have received this transmission in error please delete from your system and contact the sender. Thank you for your cooperation. =================================================