Re: FATAL message in log

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Abu Mushayeed <abumushayeed(at)yahoo(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: FATAL message in log
Date: 2006-11-28 18:15:28
Message-ID: 19778.1164737728@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Abu Mushayeed <abumushayeed(at)yahoo(dot)com> writes:
> I am getting the following message in the log. I am trying to find out what does it mean ?

> 2006-11-15 23:33:22 PST[unknown]md11.16.154.140FATAL: invalid startup packet layout: expected terminator as last byte

It means the client sent an incorrect startup packet. What client
software are you using? Maybe you've got port-scanning software that
is sending something random to 5432?

regards, tom lane

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