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Re: BUG #18078: createdb not working

Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>

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From: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>
To: Orhan Punar <exaltedsoft@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2023-08-31T17:37:52Z
Lists: pgsql-bugs 
> On 31 Aug 2023, at 18:54, Orhan Punar <exaltedsoft@gmail.com> wrote:

> createdb: error: connection to server on socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5433" failed: No such file or directory
> Is the server running locally and accepting connections on that socket?

As the error states, there is no server running on that socket and port.  Have
you actually started the server?

This is almost guaranteed to not be a postgres bug, I recommend posting on the
pgsql-general mailinglist for assistance.

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Daniel Gustafsson