Re: BUG #9003: Hard-coding to localhost in postmaster

Andres-

The specific use-case I'm trying to address is within OpenShift (www.openshift.com), where users cannot bind to
localhostof 127.0.0.1.  In this case, the user needs to be able to bind to another interface. 

P

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andres Freund" <andres@2ndquadrant.com>
> To: pmorie@redhat.com
> Cc: pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org
> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 6:20:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [BUGS] BUG #9003: Hard-coding to localhost in postmaster
>
> On 2014-01-27 18:31:25 +0000, pmorie@redhat.com wrote:
> > The following bug has been logged on the website:
> >
> > Bug reference:      9003
> > Logged by:          Paul Morie
> > Email address:      pmorie@redhat.com
> > PostgreSQL version: 9.2.4
> > Operating system:   RHEL
> > Description:
> >
> > Currently there is a hard-coding in postgresql postmaster to bind to
> > 'localhost'.  This results in postmaster and autovacuum being broken if the
> > user cannot bind to 127.0.0.1.
>
> Why would the user be unable to bind to 127.0.0.1? I.e. what's the
> usecase this would allow?
>
> Greetings,
>
> Andres Freund
>
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