Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL
- Last updated: Mon Aug 23 17:51:33 EDT 2004
+ Last updated: Wed Aug 25 23:18:13 EDT 2004
Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
3.5) How do I control connections from other hosts?
By default, PostgreSQL only allows connections from the local machine
- using Unix domain sockets. Other machines will not be able to connect
- unless you turn on tcpip_sockets in the postgresql.conf and enable
- host-based authentication by modifying the file $PGDATA/pg_hba.conf
- accordingly. This will allow TCP/IP connections.
+ using Unix domain sockets or TCP/IP connections. Other machines will
+ not be able to connect unless you modify listen_addresses in the
+ postgresql.conf and enable host-based authentication by modifying the
+ file $PGDATA/pg_hba.conf accordingly.
3.6) How do I tune the database engine for better performance?
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<H1>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL</H1>
- <P>Last updated: Mon Aug 23 17:51:33 EDT 2004</P>
+ <P>Last updated: Wed Aug 25 23:18:13 EDT 2004</P>
<P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href=
"mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</A>)<BR>
hosts?</H4>
<P>By default, PostgreSQL only allows connections from the local
- machine using Unix domain sockets. Other machines will not be able
- to connect unless you turn on tcpip_sockets in the postgresql.conf
- <B>and</B> enable host-based authentication by modifying the file
- <I>$PGDATA/pg_hba.conf</I> accordingly. This will allow TCP/IP
- connections.</P>
+ machine using Unix domain sockets or TCP/IP connections. Other
+ machines will not be able to connect unless you modify
+ listen_addresses in the postgresql.conf <B>and</B> enable
+ host-based authentication by modifying the file
+ <I>$PGDATA/pg_hba.conf</I> accordingly.</P>
<H4><A name="3.6">3.6</A>) How do I tune the database engine for
better performance?</H4>