Hi Kevin. I had to read your message twice and look at pg_hba.conf file, but I am now clear. Yes, a big difference between listen *on* and listen *to*.
Many thanks. Tena Sakai [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Grittner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue 9/4/2007 11:54 AM To: Tena Sakai; Kevin Kempter; pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [ADMIN] default port number >>> On Tue, Sep 4, 2007 at 1:18 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Tena Sakai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > '*' is a bit too wide for my taste. I wonder > if it is possible to specify something like > network mask (or range)? This is not the IP list you will listen *to*, but the IP list you will listen *on*. (You may have multiple network adapters and not want to accept connections on all of them.) To limit the IP addresses which can connect to the server, see the pg_hba file. -Kevin
