Re: nmap not showing postgres

On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 15:30:01 +0200, Ian Barwick <barwick(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 05:53:36 +0100 (BST), raj veluchamy
> <rajpgsql(at)yahoo(dot)co(dot)in> wrote:
> > hello all,
> > i am running postgres in compiling postgres in OSCAR
> > cluster.
> > installation is done to /home/pgsql as i couldn't do
> > it at /var/lib.
> > while i nmap, the postgres is not shown, but when i
> > give createdb, this is working and i could work on
> > with the data base.
>
> I'm guessing you want to ascertain whether PostgreSQL is listening on
> a TCP/IP port? I'm not familiar with OSCAR so I don't know whether it
> has any impact on PostgreSQL operations. A command like "netstat -t"
> should show you what services are listening on what ports.

Forgot to add: by default PostgreSQL doesn't listen on a TCP/IP port;
you have to specify this when starting the server.

Ian Barwick