Stefano B. schrieb:
> Hi all,
>
> I have some strange problems with postgres.
> After some days it works in local but it doesn't listen on port 5432 for
> remote request.
>
> I can make a connection from local host but I can't from remote host. If
> I try to make a connection from remote host the server returns me the
> classic remote error:
>
> could not connect to server ... is the server running on host ...
> and accepting TCP/IP connections on port 5432?
>
> This problem happens after some day that I have start the server.
> There is no particular error in the log file (the server seems to work)
>
> PostgreSql version: 8.0.3
> on FreeBSD 5.3
after some day? If you did not change the config files and if there
was not another process using that port during the start, chances
are you configured a firewall which just refuses connections to port
5432?