Re: Postmaster errors

From: Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org>
To: "mcelroy, tim" <tim(dot)mcelroy(at)bostonstock(dot)com>
Cc: "'pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org'" <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Postmaster errors
Date: 2006-02-02 16:10:19
Message-ID: 20060202161019.GA87776@winnie.fuhr.org
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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.

--
Michael Fuhr

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