Re: BUG #9003: Hard-coding to localhost in postmaster

Andres-

The specific use-case I'm trying to address is within OpenShift (www.openshift.com) where users cannot bind to localhost of 127.0.0.1. In this case, the user needs to be able to bind to another interface.

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----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andres Freund" <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
> To: pmorie(at)redhat(dot)com
> Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 6:20:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [BUGS] BUG #9003: Hard-coding to localhost in postmaster
>
> On 2014-01-27 18:31:25 +0000, pmorie(at)redhat(dot)com wrote:
> > The following bug has been logged on the website:
> >
> > Bug reference: 9003
> > Logged by: Paul Morie
> > Email address: pmorie(at)redhat(dot)com
> > PostgreSQL version: 9.2.4
> > Operating system: RHEL
> > Description:
> >
> > Currently there is a hard-coding in postgresql postmaster to bind to
> > 'localhost'. This results in postmaster and autovacuum being broken if the
> > user cannot bind to 127.0.0.1.
>
> Why would the user be unable to bind to 127.0.0.1? I.e. what's the
> usecase this would allow?
>
> Greetings,
>
> Andres Freund
>
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