Re: listen_addresses = '*' ok, specific address(es) no

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Geoffrey Knauth <geoff(at)knauth(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: listen_addresses = '*' ok, specific address(es) no
Date: 2006-06-15 14:40:18
Message-ID: 27882.1150382418@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Geoffrey Knauth <geoff(at)knauth(dot)org> writes:
> I'm running PostgreSQL 8.1.3. In my postgresql.conf, the following
> works:
> listen_addresses = '*'

> but the following does not:
> listen_addresses = '192.168.1.33'

> I get an error:
> WARNING: could not create listen socket for "192.168.1.33"
> FATAL: could not create any TCP/IP sockets

There should be more info than that --- AFAICS all the failure paths in
that code emit LOG messages. Perhaps you have log_min_messages set too
high to allow the info to come out?

regards, tom lane

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