Re: localhost redux

From: "Zeugswetter Andreas SB SD" <ZeugswetterA(at)spardat(dot)at>
To: "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Gavin M(dot) Roy" <gmr(at)ehpg(dot)net>
Cc: <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: localhost redux
Date: 2004-07-20 07:31:56
Message-ID: 46C15C39FEB2C44BA555E356FBCD6FA40184D15D@m0114.s-mxs.net
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> > I don't know if the problem is isolated to just me, but I wanted to
> > suggest that we use a parameter for that, which can be configured in the
> > postgresql.conf, with a default value if it's not set, set to
> > localhost.
>
> I think you should first trace down what the problem really is --- is
> your system just misconfigured or is there some fundamental issue that
> we really ought to answer to?

The trouble on AIX is, that getaddrinfo only does a nameservice lookup,
no /etc/hosts. So if your nameservice does not have localhost ...
Same for `hostname`, if nameservice does not resolve `hostname` ...

Andreas

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