Re: stats and unix sockets

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bèrto ëd Sèra <berto(dot)d(dot)sera(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: stats and unix sockets
Date: 2011-12-21 16:16:10
Message-ID: 6099.1324484170@sss.pgh.pa.us
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=?UTF-8?B?QsOocnRvIMOrZCBTw6hyYQ==?= <berto(dot)d(dot)sera(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> I have a requirement for PG (9.1) to run without any open port at all.

That's a pretty stupid requirement. The stats collector socket is bound
to itself, so it's inaccessible from anywhere else (on machine or off)
regardless of firewall settings. There's no need to worry about it,
and no there is not a provision for doing it via unix socket instead.

regards, tom lane

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