Re: syslog message I do not understand

Thanks for the info. I was trying the old .conf files from a database
trasfered from 7.54. The tcpip enable is different between it and 8.03.
Got it working now with pgadminIII.

Art

Richard Huxton wrote:
> Art Fore wrote:
>
>> I am trying to start postgresql via webmin, but not having success. I
>> get a message in the syslog "su:(to postgres) root on none"
>>
>> This is suse 9.3. Could someone tell what that message means?
>
>
> It just means something is switching to user=postgres from user=root.
> Nothing too unexpected.
>
>> I was working until I added the -i to the postmaster.opts file so I
>> could access it via pgadmin.
>
>
> Ah - you want to edit postgresql.conf and pg_hba.conf not
> postmaster.opts - turn internet access on in the first, and set
> authorisation rules for the connecting machine in the second.
>
> HTH