Re: RPM postmaster -i ?

In /var/lib/pgsql/data/postgresql.conf : set

#
# Connection Parameters
#
tcpip_socket = true
#ssl = false

#max_connections = 32 # 1-1024

port = 5432
#hostname_lookup = false
#show_source_port = false

"Michael Coughlin" <MickCoughlin(at)Hotmail(dot)com> wrote in message
news:11Dz7(dot)4647$W91(dot)23840(at)news1(dot)wwck1(dot)ri(dot)home(dot)com(dot)(dot)(dot)
> The docs say to startup, using postmaster -i (Internet?) switch - for
TCP/IP
> use. They don't elaborate on where to properly implement postmaster -i.
>
> Some of the places, I've uncovered where one *might* invoke postmaster -i
> are:
> /etc/tc.d/init.d/postgresql
> pg_ctl
> pg_hba.conf
> CMDNAME
>
> Maybe I'm missing something, but it seems like PostgreSQL won't even work
> from another PC without postmaster -i ? If so, I'm amazed at how vague
the
> docs are, regarding the proper place to implemement postmaster -i. The
docs
> seem to assume that one is going to *manually* start PostgreSQL, rather
than
> auto-start it upon boot. I'm also surprised that the RPM installation
> doesn't setup postmaster -i.
>
> Thanks for whatever light you might shed on this. It's been a
several-days
> hunt, already - to find out.
>
> Michael Coughlin
>
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