Re: Problem connecting to PostgreSQL 7.3 using pgAdmin II v1.4

Hi,

Thanks for replying, I figured out the exact problem after a while, it was
the fault of neither pgAdmin II nor PostgreSQL but rather, a rogue firewall
setup on the linux machine. Someone else configured Samba on the linux box,
and that somehow created new local firewall rules on the box which rejected
every connection made to port 5432. The box is already behind another RH8
box which acts as firewall, so I flushed out and set the rules to default to
accept all on the problematic linux box.

Now everything works again as usual.

Fong

>From: "Dave Page" <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>
>To: "Lin Jianfong" <ljfong(at)hotmail(dot)com>,<pgadmin-support(at)postgresql(dot)org>
>Subject: RE: [pgadmin-support] Problem connecting to PostgreSQL 7.3 using
>pgAdmin II v1.4.12
>Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 10:01:19 +0100
>
>Hi,
>
>On your windows machine, if you telnet to your server on port 5432, then
>hit return a couple of times, what do you see? It should be something
>like the following:
>
>Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
>(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
>
>C:\>telnet postgresql 5432
>
>Trying 192.168.1.43...
>Connected to nibbler.vale-housing.co.uk.
>Escape character is '^]'.
>
>EFATAL: invalid length of startup packet
> Connection closed by foreign host.
>
>
>Regards, Dave.
>
>
>

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