Re: VMWare connection

Hello Vikram

> I'm new to VMWare, Linux & Postgres. So pardon my newbie post.
>
> grep IPADDR ifcfg-eth?
>
> I didn't have a ifcfg-eth file so I did grep IPADDR ifcfg-eth0 in the
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts directory but got back no result.
>

then login as root and try:

ifconfig

then send me the result of this command

> What does that mean?

That means that I've never set up Linux using VMWare (only W98) ;-)

>
> I did do a ipconfig in W2k to find out my IP & tried to connect using
> the IP for VMware. No luck with that either. Does Postgres's service run
> on port 5432 by default?

send me also result of ipconfig

>
> I've tried changing the password for Postgres but it asks me for the
> current passwd when I do that in Linux. As far as I could find it is
> supposed to be empty, but when I just press enter at the current
> password it errors it. Is there another default password for Postgres? I
> did my install thro RPM's

Did you intend to change password for Linux user postgres or PostgreSQL user
postgres?

>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgadmin-support-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
> [mailto:pgadmin-support-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of Krystian
> Brazulewicz
> Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 10:52 AM
> To: pgadmin-support(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [pgadmin-support] VMWare connection
>
> Hello Vikram
>
> When using VMWare, you've a fake network interface installed which is
> use
> for communication between
> your host and virtual machine.
> Login on your 'virtual' RH7.3, go to the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts,
> and
> issue a command:
>
> grep IPADDR ifcfg-eth?
>
> then it should output a line formed like this:
>
> ifcfg-eth0:IPADDR="XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX"
>
> where XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX is an IP address you're looking for
>
> Make sure that your pg_hba.conf allows to connect from your w2k box as
> user
> postgres with no password! (postgresql documentation covers this area
> very
> well)
>
> hope this helps
> Krystian Brazulewicz
>
>
> > Howdy,
> >
> > I have RH 7.3 running on VMWare with W2k as the host. Postgres is
> > running on the Linux VMware. How do I connect to Postgres from the W2k
> > box. I tried the default connection with server=localhost, port =5432
> > and username=postgres with pwd blank, but no luck.
>
>
> >
> > I'll appreciate it if someone can point me to some HOWTO's on the web.
> I
> > couldn't find any on the archive for this mailing list or on Google.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Vikram
> >
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