Unsure if it will help, but try:
> telnet localhost 5432
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
rubbish text I typed.
^^
EInvalid packet lengthConnection closed by foreign host.
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But instead try 'birch' or the IP address and see what
you get. But the pg_hba file looks fine as you've got it
I think. Maybe a red herring but check whether there's any
firewalling set up on the server that stops you from connecting.
Joe
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pgsql-interfaces@postgreSQL.org
[mailto:owner-pgsql-interfaces@postgreSQL.org]On Behalf Of John Collins
Sent: Friday, 3 March 2000 9:41 AM
To: pgsql-interfaces@postgreSQL.org
Cc: Lamar Owen
Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] JDBC connection refused
Lamar Owen wrote:
> John Collins wrote:
> > - postmaster is indeed being run with the -i flag. I think neither the
> > local jdbc or the remote pgaccess would work otherwise. Here's the line
> > from rc.d/init.d/postgres:
> > su -l postgres -c '/usr/bin/postmaster -i -S -D/var/lib/pgsql'
> > - I've used every name I can think of, including the ip address, in the
> > URL above. I've used the port and I've not used the port.
> > - I've used netstat to check that postmaster is indeed listening on
> > 5432
> >
> > I'm stumped. Thanks in advance for any assistance.
>
> Is there a line in PGDATA/pg_hba.conf allowing access to the remote
> client?
>
> PGDATA on the RPM installation that shipped with RedHat 6.1 is
> /var/lib/pgsql, BTW.
Here's the tail end of the file /var/lib/pgsql/pg_hba.conf. I've restarted
twice since setting this info, using /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql restart.
Then I tried a stop and a start just for good measure. The machines I'm
trying to connect from are both 192.168.2.x. Did I get this right?
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# By default, allow anything over UNIX domain sockets and localhost.
local all trust
host all 127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 trust
host all 192.168.2.0 255.255.255.0 trust
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Thanks for your help.
John Collins
University of Minnesota
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