Adam Moody writes, > The only similar issue with the same error was > on this list where someone didn't put the "-i" option into > the startup of the postgtreSQL daemon. The server is > connecting locally and does not need the -i option for > postgresql, unless I'm mistaken?
RedHat ships postgreSQL to listen on local unix sockets, not bsd networking (TCP) sockets (at least, this is how I found my rh7.2 installation configured out of the box). The server is connecting locally, but via TCP, not "local" sockets; on RH, add -i so the line including 'postmaster start' in /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql and restart the daemon with /sbin/service -amf
