http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loopback
sandhya wrote:
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:
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