Hi, I'm having a problem when i try to connect to the database. If i use the -h option to specify the hostname it always fails to connect. [solo@zoot /root]$ psql -h localhost Connection to database 'solo' failed. connectDB() -- unknown hostname: localhost My localhost is configured properly [root@zoot /root]# ping -c 1 localhost PING localhost.dnsalias.net (127.0.0.1) from 127.0.0.1 : 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=0.3 ms --- localhost.dnsalias.net ping statistics --- 1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max = 0.3/0.3/0.3 ms Any ideas? Kind Regards ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly