James B. Byrne wrote: >I have discovered that the default init script distributed with >pgsql v8.1 sets the listening port to 5432 but does not enable >tcp/ip connections. One must add the -i switch to the invocation >line in the script. I am not sure if this is an oversight or >whether there is another way to tell postmaster to start with >tcp/ip listening enabled that I am unaware of. However, I thought >that this information might be of interest to anyone else running a >non-distro version of pgsql. > >Regards, >Jim > >-- > *** e-mail is not a secure channel *** >mailto:byrnejb.<token>@harte-lyne.ca >James B. Byrne Harte & Lyne Limited >vox: +1 905 561 1241 9 Brockley Drive >fax: +1 905 561 0757 Hamilton, Ontario ><token> = hal Canada L8E 3C3 > >_______________________________________________ >CentOS mailing list >CentOS at centos.org >http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > Jim, also be aware that there is a non-password login from root on that distro, as well as the CentOS version. I found out the hard way after being compromised by some idiot portscanning me. No damage, but thought it odd to have a password-less service open to the world. Sam -- Snowman