> If localhost isn't being resolved correctly are you seeing error > messages like this on the server log (from pqcomm.c)? > > "could not translate host name \"%s\", service \"%s\" to > address: %s"
After poking around, I found the following: The Windows pdc (==name server :-( ) does really not resolve localhost (this might be common for Windows nameservers). I do not have a services entry for 5432, and don't have a dns record for this RS6000. LOG: could not translate service "5432" to address: Host not found WARNING: could not create listen socket for "*" LOG: could not bind socket for statistics collector: Can't assign requested address Setting to a port, that is listed in /etc/services does not change anything (except the port of course). I do not have those problems on a machine where dns lists the machine and localhost. This machine has a long obsolete oslevel 4.3.2, so am not sure it is worth pursuing the issue. I only wanted to state, that it does not work here under certain cirumstances eighter. Andreas ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
