Re: Proxy Server ...

> > > 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?

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

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Sean Chittenden