Heres what is get with nmap localhost [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# nmap localhost Starting nmap V. 3.00 ( www.insecure.org/nmap/ ) Interesting ports on database (127.0.0.1): (The 1590 ports scanned but not shown below are in state: closed) Port State Service 21/tcp open ftp 22/tcp open ssh 25/tcp open smtp 80/tcp open http 111/tcp open sunrpc 443/tcp open https 783/tcp open hp-alarm-mgr 1024/tcp open kdm 1025/tcp open NFS-or-IIS 6000/tcp open X11 10000/tcp open snet-sensor-mgmt Nmap run completed -- 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 2 seconds [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# And I doublechecked to make sure postmaster was running Here is what is in the log file LOG: database system was shut down at 2004-01-15 11:22:01 EST LOG: checkpoint record is at 0/AF6940 LOG: redo record is at 0/AF6940; undo record is at 0/0; shutdown TRUE LOG: next transaction id: 2676; next oid: 25169 LOG: database system is ready -Dan > On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I have deleted the pid and restarted the postgresql and it is starting >> fine. It just appears to not be accepting connections. I had to >> rebuild the server the last time this happened. Starting to be a >> pain. > > Firewalling maybe? Check which ports are open with nmap. > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html