Re: [QUESTIONS] cannot remote connect to DB

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: postgresdev(at)retep(dot)org(dot)uk (Peter T Mount)
Cc: kfink(at)bigfoot(dot)de, hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org (PostgreSQL-development)
Subject: Re: [QUESTIONS] cannot remote connect to DB
Date: 1998-05-06 21:40:54
Message-ID: 199805062140.RAA01420@candle.pha.pa.us
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Hope a mention of -i can be added to the error message.
>
> On Wed, 6 May 1998, Klaus Fink wrote:
>
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I have actually a problem with DBD:Pg when connecting to the Postgres
> > Server. But probably it is mainly a problem with postgres.
> >
> > I set up pg_hba.conf as
> > host all 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 trust
> > but still it tells me that the postmaster (which is running) is not
> > listening.
> >
> > 'netstat -an | grep 5432' returns something weird:
> > f5b84b78 stream-ord 13 0 /tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432
> >
> > Has anyone an idea what may be wrong?
>
> Yep, you haven't started the postmaster with -i (which is needed for
> tcp/ip networking). the above file is the unix domain socket.
>
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