Re: Server not listening

Hi George,

As Joris said, we need you to try what he has suggested.
The fact you can now connect via SSH proves PostgreSQL is set up and
configured correctly, which would point to a firewall or intermediate router
blocking your connections.

On the server (as root), do "iptables -L" or "/usr/local/sbin/iptables -L" if
the previous doesn't work, and post the full output so we can see if a
software firewall is blocking.

And please try and get some information about your network - who set the
server up, is there a hardware firewall or router firewall in between you and
the server, etc.

Thanks

Andy.

George Heller <george(dot)heller(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Ok, I have reached to the point where the SSH tunelling works, and I am
able
> to connect using it to PgAdmin. But I still want to know what exactly is
wrong
> with the other setup.
>
> I just came across this in the postgres documentation, about starting the
> postmaster with an -i option, if you want your server to accept TCP/IP
> connections.
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/static/postmaster-start.html
>
> I just used the -D option as specified, to start the server. Is it
necessary
> to use the -i option so that my server can listen, or is the documentation
just
> too old? If yes, what is the syntax for the same?
>
> Thanks.
> George.
>
> Joris Dobbelsteen <Joris(at)familiedobbelsteen(dot)nl> wrote:
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Andy Shellam [mailto:andy(dot)shellam-lists(at)mailnetwork(dot)co(dot)uk]
> >Sent: woensdag 25 april 2007 21:25
> >To: Joris Dobbelsteen
> >Cc: George Heller; pgadmin-support(at)postgresql(dot)org
> >Subject: Re: [pgadmin-support] Server not listening
> >
> >I concur, but just so you know I suggested SSH so George can
> >get up and running quickly while diagnosing the problems later
> >as it requires a lot of information he doesn't seem to have.
> >We've already established he has SSH access so it seemed an
> >obvious way to connect so he could actually begin to use PostgreSQL.
>
> Hopefully you took no offence while I took this a sharp turn.
>
> I agree that this would be probably a good idea to get it working.
> Alternatively it might seem easier to have a temporary set up on the
> local computer, if feasable.
>
> [snip]
>
> - Joris Dobbelsteen
>
>
>
>
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