Abu Mushayeed <abumushayeed@yahoo.com> writes:
> I am getting the following message in the log. I am trying to find out what does it mean ?
> 2006-11-15 23:33:22 PST[unknown]md11.16.154.140FATAL: invalid startup packet layout: expected terminator as last
byte
It means the client sent an incorrect startup packet. What client
software are you using? Maybe you've got port-scanning software that
is sending something random to 5432?
regards, tom lane