Re: [GENERAL] Problem connecting NT-psqlODBC to Linux-PostgreSQL

At 12:37 +0200 on 07/09/1999, Teodor Cimpoesu wrote:

> Second, hmm, your port is 113 but I know the default is 5432.
> If nobody is listening to a port where you are trying to connect, you
> get the same respone (connection refused).

No, you got that wrong. Port 113 is on the CLIENT side. It goes like this:

* NT tries to connect to port 5432 on Postgres server

* The pg_hba.conf defines the authentication for this client as
"ident"

* Therefore Postgres server tries to connect to the ident server on
the NT. This is done through port 113 on the NT

* Postgres doesn't find anybody on the NT listening to that port.
That means no ident server is running on the NT.

* Connection is therefore refused because user could not be
authenticated.

Herouth

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