On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 10:58:52AM -0500, mcelroy, tim wrote: > Has anyone encountered these errors? They repeat every five (5) minutes in > my log file. Is there something I may have set incorrectly in my > postgresql.conf file? Odd as I find them in my DEV & QA logs but not > Production.... > > 2006-02-02 10:52:33 EST USER=[unknown] DB=[unknown] [8931] LOG: 08P01: > incomplete startup packet > 2006-02-02 10:52:33 EST USER=[unknown] DB=[unknown] [8931] LOCATION: > ProcessStartupPacket, postmaster.c:1311 Something connected to your server without carrying out a proper PostgreSQL conversation. One of the usual suspects is a probe that connects to the port and then immediately disconnects, like a port scan or a network management system. Since it's happening every five minutes I'd guess the latter. -- Michael Fuhr