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From: "Bill McCormick" <wpmccormick AT covad DOT net>
To: "Jason House" <jhouse AT mitre DOT org>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>,
   <pgsql-cygwin AT postgresql DOT org>
Cc: <jason AT tishler DOT net>
Subject: RE: postgres help
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 19:32:55 -0500
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>
> I've gone through all the steps to set up postgreSQL on windows XP.  I
> have updated permissions (to /tmp /usr/bin /usr/bin/*), verified the
> system path variable, and verified that ipc and postmaster services have
> been started.  I don't understand why I'm getting the following error:
>
> $ psql -U postgres template1
> 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.5432"?
>
> The error does not change if I log in as myself or as postgres.
> Any hints as to what to try would be greatly appreciated.
>

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