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Re: Linux.conf.au 2003 Report

Kurt Roeckx <q@ping.be>

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From: Kurt Roeckx <Q@ping.be>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>, Gavin Sherry <swm@linuxworld.com.au>, Curt Sampson <cjs@cynic.net>, Greg Copeland <greg@CopelandConsulting.Net>, Andrew Sullivan <andrew@libertyrms.info>, PostgresSQL Hackers Mailing List <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2003-02-02T19:13:40Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 12:49:34PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > Gavin Sherry wrote:
> >> I don't think we should listen on IPv6 just because it is supported. It
> >> should be a configuration variable:
> >> 
> >> tcpip_socket = true
> >> ipv6 = true
> 
> > We had a huge discussion on this.  I think you were away for it.  You
> > can control what you listen on by modifying pg_hba.conf.
> 
> Can you actually control whether the postmaster is listening by
> modifying pg_hba.conf?  I don't think so.

Why isn't virtual_host used for deciding to what addresses it
should listen?

It currently only seems to support 1 address, and I don't really
know why.  Is there a reason you can't make this a list of
hostnames/ip addresses?  It really is where it belongs.


Kurt