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RPM postmaster -i ?

From
"Michael Coughlin"
Date:
The docs say to startup, using postmaster -i (Internet?) switch - for TCP/IP
use.  They don't elaborate on where to properly implement postmaster -i.

Some of the places, I've uncovered where one *might* invoke postmaster -i
are:
    /etc/tc.d/init.d/postgresql
    pg_ctl
    pg_hba.conf
    CMDNAME

Maybe I'm missing something, but it seems like PostgreSQL won't even work
from another PC without postmaster -i ?  If so, I'm amazed at how vague the
docs are, regarding the proper place to implemement postmaster -i.  The docs
seem to assume that one is going to *manually* start PostgreSQL, rather than
auto-start it upon boot.  I'm also surprised that the RPM installation
doesn't setup postmaster -i.

Thanks for whatever light you might shed on this.  It's been a several-days
hunt, already - to find out.

Michael Coughlin

Re: RPM postmaster -i ?

From
"Eric Sawler"
Date:
In /var/lib/pgsql/data/postgresql.conf : set

#
#       Connection Parameters
#
tcpip_socket = true
#ssl = false

#max_connections = 32 # 1-1024

port = 5432
#hostname_lookup = false
#show_source_port = false


"Michael Coughlin" <MickCoughlin@Hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:11Dz7.4647$W91.23840@news1.wwck1.ri.home.com...
> The docs say to startup, using postmaster -i (Internet?) switch - for
TCP/IP
> use.  They don't elaborate on where to properly implement postmaster -i.
>
> Some of the places, I've uncovered where one *might* invoke postmaster -i
> are:
>     /etc/tc.d/init.d/postgresql
>     pg_ctl
>     pg_hba.conf
>     CMDNAME
>
> Maybe I'm missing something, but it seems like PostgreSQL won't even work
> from another PC without postmaster -i ?  If so, I'm amazed at how vague
the
> docs are, regarding the proper place to implemement postmaster -i.  The
docs
> seem to assume that one is going to *manually* start PostgreSQL, rather
than
> auto-start it upon boot.  I'm also surprised that the RPM installation
> doesn't setup postmaster -i.
>
> Thanks for whatever light you might shed on this.  It's been a
several-days
> hunt, already - to find out.
>
> Michael Coughlin
>
>
>

Re: RPM postmaster -i ?

From
"Brett W. McCoy"
Date:
On Thu, 18 Oct 2001, Michael Coughlin wrote:

> The docs say to startup, using postmaster -i (Internet?) switch - for TCP/IP
> use.  They don't elaborate on where to properly implement postmaster -i.

Have you read the administrator's manual?  It gives tips on what to put
into start up scripts.

> Some of the places, I've uncovered where one *might* invoke postmaster -i
> are:
>     /etc/tc.d/init.d/postgresql

If this script is there, this is the one to use.  You may even have it
syumlinked in one of the rc#.d directories, and it should be automatically
starting at boot time.  This was probably installed by the RPMs.

-- Brett
                                          http://www.chapelperilous.net/
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