If by "broken connection" you are referring to the "invalid startup packet" lines - that has been known to be caused by pretty much anything other than a postgresql client connecting to the pg server port, ie portscanner, someone telnetting, net bot, etc. Jason Minion -----Original Message----- From: pgsql-admin-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pgsql-admin-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of lmyho Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 1:46 PM To: Scott Marlowe Cc: Chris Travers; Tom Lane; pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Postgresql server does not start!:( -Re: [ADMIN] PostgreSQl > > > > Great Scott!! Thank you!! This system was just installed on Debian > > (2 days), > and > > the original pg_hba.conf file authen method was "ident sameuser" and > > appears not allow it to be changed! > > > > Look forward to your information!! Thanks a lot!! > > Can't find the thread right now (my search-fu is not strong today) but > I think this thread has covered all the basic points. Does anyone > know if it is possible for the startup script to read the ~/.pgpass > file of the postgres user on startup and use that if you absolutely > have to have the main postgres user have a password on it in debian? > > My guess is that you could also just comment out the lines in the init > script that are hanging, as the actual db startup should not require a > password. > That's right. And seems like the init script does not check about password either. I also heard that Bebian install Posqtgresql with a locked password. Actually there is no .pgpass under ~/ of postgres. the pgAdmin3 generate one after I altered the original password (which I don't know what it is) of progres and used pgAdmin to login using the new password. But still, the broken connection is always there in anycase! How can I find out what caused the broken connection? Anyone has any ideas? I need your help! as I haven't worked on *nix for years and have forgot how to do such things. Just come back recently for Debian, but got so many troubles on the new system.:( I don't want to run the system on a possibly harmful environment! I am working on it, but I need your help please! If you have any idea for what I should do, please let me know. Thank you!! leo __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
