Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 07:24:14 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: "Joseph Koenig (jWeb)" <joe@jwebmedia.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: PostgreSQL 8.0.3 + FreeBSD + TCP/IP Message-ID: <20050614192414.GB84823@osiris.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <BED45C51.1F46E%joe@jwebmedia.com> References: <BED45C51.1F46E%joe@jwebmedia.com>
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On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 10:05:05AM -0500, Joseph Koenig (jWeb) wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm having a difficulty getting PostgreSQL to accept TCP/IP connections on
> FreeBSD 5.3. I have edited 'postgresql.conf' in my postgres data directory
> to set the listen_address (and uncommented it) and have the port line
> uncommented and set to the default 5432. I then restarted the postmaster and
> tried to connect. I get:
>
> could not connect to server: Connection refused
> Is the server running on host "xx.xxx.xx.xxx" and accepting
> TCP/IP connections on port 5432?
>
> I can connect from localhost just fine.
You need to set listen_addresses, like it says in the comments:
listen_addresses = '*'
This will allow Postgresql connections from all interfaces.
--
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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