Re: unix domain sockets on Windows. - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: unix domain sockets on Windows.
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Msg-id 1325431241.14249.2.camel@vanquo.pezone.net
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In response to unix domain sockets on Windows.  (Jeff Rule <Jeffrey.Rule@demandtec.com>)
Responses Re: unix domain sockets on Windows.  (Jeff Rule <Jeffrey.Rule@demandtec.com>)
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On lör, 2011-12-31 at 17:06 -0800, Jeff Rule wrote:
> Does the postgres server support listening on unix domain sockets on windows?

No.

> It seems to me that they do not, but this is not called out directly in the documentation.
>
> Listen_address in postgresql.conf
>
>     listen_addresses = ''      # what IP address(es) to listen on;
>                         # comma-separated list of addresses;
>                         # defaults to 'localhost', '*' = all
>                         # (change requires restart)

It says right there that it controls what *IP addresses* to listen to.
It does not have anything to do with Unix-domain sockets.  There are
other options that control whether and where those are created.



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