Re: Postmaster errors

That was it, a fellow admin is watching the postmaster with OpenNMS....

Thanks for the tip!

Tim

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Fuhr [mailto:mike(at)fuhr(dot)org]
Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 11:10 AM
To: mcelroy, tim
Cc: 'pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org'
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Postmaster errors

On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 10:58:52AM -0500, mcelroy, tim wrote:
> Has anyone encountered these errors? They repeat every five (5) minutes
in
> my log file. Is there something I may have set incorrectly in my
> postgresql.conf file? Odd as I find them in my DEV & QA logs but not
> Production....
>
> 2006-02-02 10:52:33 EST USER=[unknown] DB=[unknown] [8931] LOG: 08P01:
> incomplete startup packet
> 2006-02-02 10:52:33 EST USER=[unknown] DB=[unknown] [8931] LOCATION:
> ProcessStartupPacket, postmaster.c:1311

Something connected to your server without carrying out a proper
PostgreSQL conversation. One of the usual suspects is a probe that
connects to the port and then immediately disconnects, like a port
scan or a network management system. Since it's happening every
five minutes I'd guess the latter.

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Michael Fuhr