Re: listening addresses

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: listening addresses
Date: 2004-03-15 23:07:27
Message-ID: 200403152307.i2FN7Rn25639@candle.pha.pa.us
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> writes:
> > Might I suggest that this default to "127.0.0.1" in postgresql.conf.sample?
>
> No, the default should be "localhost". Your thinking is too
> IPv4-centric.

FYI, once we default to listening on localhost, we need to warn folks
who are using socket permission to control access that they have to turn
off localhost. That needs to be mentioned in the release notes, and in
the SGML docs that talk about socket permissions.

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