Re: Does PG have a database

From: Achilleus Mantzios <achill(at)matrix(dot)gatewaynet(dot)com>
To: Mark Fenbers <Mark(dot)Fenbers(at)noaa(dot)gov>
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Does PG have a database
Date: 2006-05-23 05:39:10
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.44.0605230838060.482-100000@matrix.gatewaynet.com
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O Mark Fenbers έγραψε στις May 22, 2006 :

> I have working PostgreSQL databases on 3 of my ~30 Linux boxes. I want
> my software to be able to determine which of my 30 boxes have functional
> databases on them. Since Pg is part of the baseline distro, merely
> checking for the existence of an executable doesn't solve my problem.
>
> I tried looping through my list of hosts and running the command:
> psql -h $host --list
> but this fails on a box with a database with the same error code as on a
> box that doesn't have a database, if my PGUSER isn't set and my login ID
> is not the username of the database. The PGUSER setting might differ
> for each host, so specifying this in the software is not practical.
>
> Bottom line: What trick can I use to determine whether a box has a
> living, breathing Pg database if I don't know the DB owner?

Use a net mgmt tool (like opennms).
netcat, telnet to 5432, etc...

>
> Mark
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