Re: host name support in pg_hba.conf

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: KaiGai Kohei <kaigai(at)ak(dot)jp(dot)nec(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Steve Atkins <steve(at)blighty(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: host name support in pg_hba.conf
Date: 2010-10-06 13:12:31
Message-ID: 14889.1286370751@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> On tis, 2010-10-05 at 22:17 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> So far as I can find, there is *no* standard
>> mandating that localhost means the loopback address.

> Should we then change pgstat.c to use IP addresses instead of hardcoding
> "localhost"?

Hm, perhaps so.

regards, tom lane

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