localhost 127.0.0.1------->What is the importance of it? Is there any document to know about this? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Louis Gonzales" <louis.gonzales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Robin Iddon" <robin@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Postgres" <pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 5:59 PM Subject: Re: [ADMIN] reg:conninfo > I'm sorry, please don't confuse a UNIX domain socket with "localhost" > which are _not_ the same at all. A UNIX domain socket is nothing more > than a file *usually* located in a temporary directory, used for > inter-process communication. "localhost" - 127.0.0.1, also used on any > TCP/IP configured system, including Windows, which does not support UNIX > domain sockets, by default - _is_ a special network address, the > loopback device and is used generally to ensure proper functionality of > the TCP/IP stack. > > Robin Iddon wrote: > > > Sandhya, > > > > > > If you use localhost you will be creating a UNIX domain socket. If > > you use the IP address you will create a TCP/IP socket. > > > > Did you try running with -i yet? It doesn't mean accept remote > > connections, it means accept TCP/IP connection. Without it, you > > cannot connect to an IP address ... > > > > Robin > > > > sandhya wrote: > > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly >
