> I suppose you could use tcpdump on a separate system with a mirrored switch > port and have it log TCP SYN and FIN packets on port 5432 to your database > server only. Keeps all I/O off your database server. > tcpdump -w port5423.log -n "tcp and port 5432 and tcp[tcpflags] & > (tcp-syn|tcp-fin) != 0 and host IP" That's an excellent idea, but note that this will also log unsuccessful connection attempts (that is, successful TCP connections that fail PostgreSQL authentication) without much of a way to distinguish the two, especially if the connections are encrypted. --- Maciek Sakrejda | System Architect | Truviso 1065 E. Hillsdale Blvd., Suite 215 Foster City, CA 94404 (650) 242-3500 Main www.truviso.com -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance
