Re: Bug #537: In Red Hat don't open port 5432 and PostgreSql

On Thursday 13 December 2001 06:24 pm, Stephan Szabo wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Dec 2001 pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org wrote:
> > Roger (rogermg(at)teleline(dot)es) reports a bug with a severity of 2
> > The lower the number the more severe it is.

> > Short Description
> > In Red Hat don't open port 5432 and PostgreSql don't work.

> > Long Description
> > Hi!
> > I recently installing Red Hat 7.2. One of RPM were your PostgreSql. I
> > thing that there is a bug in the instalallation. Packet is installed

> What version of PostgreSQL is it? I believe between PostgreSQL 7.0 and
> PostgreSQL 7.1 the default was changed on install to not open the port
> for security reasons. You'll probably need to edit the postgresql.conf
> file to turn it on (tcpip_socket = true) and may need to edit the
> pg_hba.conf to set up your security rules.

Red Hat 7.2 comes with PostgreSQL 7.1.3. And, as Stephan has already said,
this is intentional behavior. Edit postgresql.conf as he suggests, and port
5432 will show in the portscan.
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