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Re: FATAL message in log



Abu Mushayeed <abumushayeed(at)yahoo(dot)com> writes:
> I am getting the following message in the log. I am trying to find out what does it mean ?

> 2006-11-15 23:33:22 PST[unknown]md11.16.154.140FATAL:  invalid startup packet layout: expected terminator as last byte

It means the client sent an incorrect startup packet.  What client
software are you using?  Maybe you've got port-scanning software that
is sending something random to 5432?

			regards, tom lane



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