http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loopback
sandhya wrote:
> 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
>
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>> 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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