Re: Is it harmless?

"Rajesh Kumar Mallah." <mallah@trade-india.com> writes:
> the following "LOG" lines were found in my /var/log/pgsql

> LOG:  pq_recvbuf: unexpected EOF on client connection
> LOG:  incomplete startup packet

> are they harmless?

Harmless to PG, yes.  They might indicate something worthy of
investigation though ... like someone portscanning your server.
Or just a broken client.  Anyway it appears something is connecting
to your port 5432 and then disconnecting right away.

            regards, tom lane