Re: psql connection via localhost or 127.0.0.1

From: Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
To: John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: psql connection via localhost or 127.0.0.1
Date: 2014-11-06 15:18:18
Message-ID: 545B913A.1040406@aklaver.com
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On 11/06/2014 07:00 AM, John R Pierce wrote:
> On 11/6/2014 6:34 AM, Edoardo Panfili wrote:
>>
>> Why localhost is not an alias for 127.0.0.1 ?
>
> grep localhost /etc/hosts
>
> I've seen some weird stuff on some systems.

I have localhost/127.0.0.1 set up correctly on my machine and I see the
same behavior as the OP. I'm pretty sure it is an interaction between
the libpq host/hostaddr code and a .pgpass file. I suspect the OP has a
.pgpass entry for localhost but not 127.0.0.1.

>

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Adrian Klaver
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