Don Seiler <don@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > I have a colleague trying to use psql to connect to a remote DB, but he's > getting this error: > FATAL: no PostgreSQL user name specified in startup packet > psql(42705,0x7ff84a07b700) malloc: *** error for object 0xa6: pointer being > freed was not allocated > psql(42705,0x7ff84a07b700) malloc: *** set a breakpoint in > malloc_error_break to debug Is OpenSSL in use? If so, what version? I'm wondering if this is a variant of the OpenSSL 3.2.0 compatibility problem we just heard of: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/CAN55FZ1eDDYsYaL7mv%2BoSLUij2h_u6hvD4Qmv-7PK7jkji0uyQ%40mail.gmail.com regards, tom lane