Re: cannot connect to db from remote machine

on the running machine

try netstat -nlp | grep 5432

if that shows the connection as a tcp/ip

then try telnet <machine> 5432

Dave
On Fri, 2004-04-09 at 10:37, Rein Reezigt wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I have a problem connecting to the postgres database from a remote
> machine. I wonder if I have missed something. The java client which
> uses jdbc times out when connecting to the remote db. The database is
> running on a redhat 9 linux machine and I connect from eclipse on a
> windows machine.
> I changed a line in postgresql.conf to:
>
> tcpip_socket = true
>
> and in pg_hba.conf I added a line
>
> host all all 192.168.1.102 255.255.255.0
> trust
>
> where 192.168.1.102 is my windows machine. The linux machine is
> ...103.
> I restarted the postmaster, but I cannot connect. Any ideas?
>
> Regards,
>
> Rein
>
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