PostqreSQL in Rails: How do I make the server run locally AND accept connections on the Unix domain socket?

Question

So I\'m a newbie to Rails who\'s only used SQLite3 before, and I\'m struggling to even run a simple rake command when using PostgreSQL.

I\'m just trying to follow th

Answer 1

Your permissions are probably messed up. Try

sudo chmod -R 777 /var/pgsql_socket/

This gives open permissions to everyone, so it's fine for your development server needs.

Now it should work.