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> On Feb 3, 2006, at 6:47 AM, Chris Campbell wrote:
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>> On Feb 3, 2006, at 08:05, Mark Woodward wrote:
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>>> Using the "/etc/hosts" file or DNS to maintain host locations for
>>> is a
>>> fairly common and well known practice, but there is no such
>>> mechanism for
>>> "ports." The problem now becomes a code issue, not a system
>>> administration
>>> issue.
>>
>> What if you assigned multiple IPs to a machine, then used ipfw (or
>> something) to forward connections to port 5432 for each IP to the
>> proper IP and port?
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> If he had multiple ips couldn't he just make them all listen only on
> one specific ip (instead of '*') and just use the default port?
That is a good idea, and yes it would work, as do a lot of other
scenarios, but shouldn't PostgreSQL take care of "PostgreSQL?"