Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > When I connect to a non-existing server over Unix-domain sockets I now > simply get
> createdb: could not connect to database template1: could not create socket: No such > file or directory I'm not getting quite that behavior --- how did you invoke it exactly? But I agree that the error message is broken in the IPv6 code. On a machine with no IPv6 support (HPUX 10.20), I still get the right thing from CVS tip: $ createdb -p 7777 psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory Is the server running locally and accepting connections on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.7777"? createdb: database creation failed $ But with the IPv6 code compiled (Red Hat 8.0), the error message is the wrong one (it's for TCP not Unix connections): $ createdb -p 7777 psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory Is the server running on host ??? and accepting TCP/IP connections on port 7777? createdb: database creation failed $ I noticed this some weeks ago, but had not got round to investigating yet. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster