Re: Can't connect from computer on network.

[nalini <nalini(at)nic(dot)in>]

* in postgresql.conf actually denotes the network interfaces on the machine on which the postgresql server is running.

If you wish to limit access to certain IPs do it in pg_hba.conf.


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From: "Mehlape, Makgati" <MMehlape1(at)fnb(dot)co(dot)za>
Date: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 3:12 pm
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Can't connect from computer on network.
To: Dan King <danking12(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org

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Hi.

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I think setting Listen_address to *, does
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In order to apply control over what
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# TYPE  DATABASE    USER       
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 Host     <DBname>    DKing       
> 192.168.2.102                 <Specifies user Authentication>

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Make sure you restart your PostgreSQL
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Hope this helps.

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Makgati.

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From:
> pgsql-admin-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org [mailto:pgsql-admin-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of Dan King
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> Subject: [ADMIN] Can't connect
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Hi list,
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> I am using postgresql 8.2 on Ubuntu Gutsy. I am attempting to connect to my
> database on one computer from another computer on my network. I can connect to
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> listen_addresses = '*'
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> listen_addresses = 'localhost, 192.168.2.102'
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> in my postgresql.conf file. The computer that is assigned 192.168.2.102 is the computer I am attempting
> to connect from that works with the * but not with an assigned IP address. I
> understand that having a * allows all connections but I am attempting to
> restrict this so only a certain computer can access the database.
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> Does anyone know why I can't connect to the database from another computer when
> specifying the IP address in 'listen_addresses' and how to fix my problem?
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> Thanks a lot for the help.
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> Dan

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