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List:       postgresql-general
Subject:    Re: [GENERAL] Warings in Log: could not resolve "localhost": host nor service provided, or not known
From:       Tom Lane <tgl () sss ! pgh ! pa ! us>
Date:       2004-03-31 15:21:48
Message-ID: 4873.1080746508 () sss ! pgh ! pa ! us
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"Durai " <visolve_postgres@lycos.co.uk> writes:
> I built PostgreSQL 7.4.2 on HPUX IPF platform. It works fine. But when I start the \
> postmaster, I got  the following LOG message:

> LOG:  could not resolve "localhost": host nor service provided, or not known

The machine's name service is broken.  You probably need to fix
/etc/nsswitch.conf, /etc/hosts, and/or /etc/resolv.conf.
"man switch" has some info about the first of these.

			regards, tom lane

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