localhost 127.0.0.1------->What is the importance of it?
Is there any document to know about this?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Louis Gonzales" <louis.gonzales@linuxlouis.net>
To: "Robin Iddon" <robin@edesix.com>
Cc: "Postgres" <pgsql-admin@postgresql.org>
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 5:59 PM
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] reg:conninfo
> I'm sorry, please don't confuse a UNIX domain socket with "localhost"
> which are _not_ the same at all. A UNIX domain socket is nothing more
> than a file *usually* located in a temporary directory, used for
> inter-process communication. "localhost" - 127.0.0.1, also used on any
> TCP/IP configured system, including Windows, which does not support UNIX
> domain sockets, by default - _is_ a special network address, the
> loopback device and is used generally to ensure proper functionality of
> the TCP/IP stack.
>
> Robin Iddon wrote:
>
> > Sandhya,
> >
> >
> > If you use localhost you will be creating a UNIX domain socket. If
> > you use the IP address you will create a TCP/IP socket.
> >
> > Did you try running with -i yet? It doesn't mean accept remote
> > connections, it means accept TCP/IP connection. Without it, you
> > cannot connect to an IP address ...
> >
> > Robin
> >
> > sandhya wrote:
> >
>
>
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