From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 03:18:25 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Update tcp connection faq.
X-Git-Tag: REL8_0_0BETA2~55
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4b9ca271d683304efc54666f7d31a03934acc3c9;p=postgresql

Update tcp connection faq.
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diff --git a/doc/FAQ b/doc/FAQ
index c23b2896af..dadedbbfb4 100644
--- a/doc/FAQ
+++ b/doc/FAQ
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
                 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)
    
@@ -488,10 +488,10 @@
     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?
     
diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html
index b69e4ac4eb..37e4c969c5 100644
--- a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html
+++ b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   alink="#0000ff">
     <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>
@@ -635,11 +635,11 @@
     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>