On 2014-01-27 18:31:25 +0000, pmorie(at)redhat(dot)com wrote:
> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>
> Bug reference: 9003
> Logged by: Paul Morie
> Email address: pmorie(at)redhat(dot)com
> PostgreSQL version: 9.2.4
> Operating system: RHEL
> Description:
>
> Currently there is a hard-coding in postgresql postmaster to bind to
> 'localhost'. This results in postmaster and autovacuum being broken if the
> user cannot bind to 127.0.0.1.
Why would the user be unable to bind to 127.0.0.1? I.e. what's the
usecase this would allow?
Greetings,
Andres Freund
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