Re: Proxy Server ...

On Mon, 24 Jun 2002, Sean Chittenden wrote:

> > > > does anyone know of a proxy server that i can run on a server to
> > > > "pretend" its a postgresql server?  so that I can connect to
> > > > IP:port and have it establish a connection to IP:5432?
> > >
> > > [ scratches head ] Why don't you just start the postmaster
> > > listening to the other port instead of 5432?  Seems like a proxy
> > > inside the jail wouldn't really do anything the postmaster itself
> > > wouldn't do.
> > >
> > > Possibly setting VIRTUAL_HOST would help too, if the problem is
> > > that the postmaster is trying to bind to addresses it's not
> > > allowed to.
> >
> > Not possible to run a postmaster inside of the jail itself, which
> > would *really* simplify things :(
>
> Do you know what part of postgresql doesn't work inside of a jail?

shared memory is highly recommend to not be used within a jail'd
environment for various reasons ...

> As someone suggested, ipfw fwd _should_ do the trick.  I'd be curious as
> to why it wouldn't.  -sc

ipfw would have to be used at the operating system level, I want/require
it to be redireected at the jail level for accountability reasons ...