In postgresql.conf the first entry should be something like 'tcpip'.
Set it to 'true'. That's the equivalent of the postmaster -D.
HTH,
-Tony
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nailah Ogeer) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> How do you connect to postgres if it is running on a different machine. I
> am looking for a telnet command in place of postmaster -D data
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