Re: TCP/IP connection on PostGre 8.0

From: Ivo Rossacher <rossacher(at)bluewin(dot)ch>
To: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: TCP/IP connection on PostGre 8.0
Date: 2006-07-26 17:44:47
Message-ID: 200607261944.48146.rossacher@bluewin.ch
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Am Mittwoch, 26. Juli 2006 12.45 schrieb LiveShell:
> Hi all,
> Follosing is the list of RPM installed on my FC4
>
> postgresql-libs-8.0.8-1.FC4.1
> postgresql-server-8.0.8-1.FC4.1
> postgresql-docs-8.0.8-1.FC4.1
> postgresql-8.0.8-1.FC4.1
> postgresql-devel-8.0.8-1.FC4.1
>
> And following is the contnet of the
>
> ===postgresql.conf file
>
> #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
>- # CONNECTIONS AND AUTHENTICATION
> #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
>-
>
> # - Connection Settings -
>
> listen_addresses = 'localhost' # what IP interface(s) to listen on;

Are you connecting from an other host? This other host might not have access
to your localhost address.

> # defaults to localhost, '*' = any
> port = 5432
> #tcpip_socket = true

Uncommenting the above might help as well as starting the server with the
option -i.

> max_connections = 100
> # note: increasing max_connections costs about 500 bytes of shared
> # memory per connection slot, in addition to costs from shared_buffers
> # and max_locks_per_transaction.
> #superuser_reserved_connections = 2
> #unix_socket_directory = ''
> #unix_socket_group = ''
> #unix_socket_permissions = 0777 # octal
> #rendezvous_name = '' # defaults to the computer name
>
> # - Security & Authentication -
>
> #authentication_timeout = 60 # 1-600, in seconds
> #ssl = false
> #password_encryption = true
> #krb_server_keyfile = ''
> #db_user_namespace = false
>
> =========== pg_hba.conf file
>
> # TYPE DATABASE USER CIDR-ADDRESS METHOD
>
> # "local" is for Unix domain socket connections only
> local all all trust
> # IPv4 local connections:
> host all all 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 trust
> # IPv6 local connections:
> host all all ::1/128 trust

This are definitly not recommended values for production use. Chapter 19 of
server documentation might be of interest here.
>
> But when I try to connect it using pgAdmin3 tool its giving erro :
>
> "Error Connectiong to the server : coldnnot connect to
> server.Connectionrefused . Is the Sserver running on host " ip add"
> and accepting TCP/IP
> conections on port 5432?"
>
> the service staus is running.
>
> And when i used : netstat -a . then only
>
> Active Internet connections (servers and established)
> Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address
> State
>
> tcp 0 0 Portal:postgres *:*
> LISTEN
>
> Active UNIX domain sockets (servers and established)
> Proto RefCnt Flags Type State I-Node Path
> unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 10315 /tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432
>
> So Can any body tell me whts the prob with this?? why I am not able to
> connect it on tcp ip port???

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