Re: [ADMIN] Setup and LIBPQ (Newbie)

On Tue, 12 May 1998, Bruce Tong wrote:

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> The "-i" option doesn't seem to be known by the /usr/bin/postmaster
> application. It doesn't recognise the option and it is not in the man
> pages. The PG_VERSION file says 6.1, but the software package manager
> (RPM) tells me I've got version 6.2.1. Is the "-i" option part of a later
> version?

Ah, -i came in V6.3. Before that there was only TCP/IP, but 6.3 has
UnixDomain sockets as well, and TCP/IP has to be enabled with -i

In my pg_hba.conf file, the line begining with local is for 6.3 onwards
and relates to UnixDomain sockets

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