Re: 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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