Re: Remote Access to pgsql DB ???

You definitely can do a remote connect- I do all of my work this way, and it
runs smoothly.

In addition to Troy's suggestions you might also check to be sure the host
DB is really running with -i set on it. You should be able to see the whole
command line for the postmaster that is running with a "ps ax". It seems
like quite a few folks have trouble with a startup script somewhere
subverting their intentions. If you're on 7.1 or above, it is better to set
tcpip_socket=1 in the postgresql.conf file.

-Nick

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org
> [mailto:pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org]On Behalf Of Campano, Troy
> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 12:11 PM
> To: 'Steve Brett'; pgsql-general@postgresql.org
> Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org; 'fNoorbakhsh@tecways.com'
> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Remote Access to pgsql DB ???
>
>
>
> I think you can.
>
>
> I have a linux node named BETALIN and another linux node that has the
> database on it named ARCHER.
>
>
> I log into BETALIN and at the command prompt I run:
>
>
> psql databasename -U username --host=archer
>
> I also use pgadmin to access the database from a Windows machine
> (this uses
> ODBC)
>
>
> Make sure you have the ip's set correctly in pg_hba.conf
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Brett [mailto:steve.brett@e-mis.com]
> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 8:02 AM
> To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Remote Access to pgsql DB ???
>
>
> i don't know if you can use psql to connect to remote servers - in fact i
> think you can't.
>
> try connecting from omega using a tool such as pgaccess in
> xwindows and you
> should be fine or telnet or ssh onto the orion box from omega and run psql
> from there i use IVT-TELNET for this at work.
>
> Steve
>
> "Fariba Noorbakhsh" <fNoorbakhsh@tecways.com> wrote in message
> news:3C0CDF34.CC972E7C@ccs-munich.de...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a question about remote access to Pgsql DB. I acctually want to
> > access mydb which located on a Unix server called ORION from another
> > Unix server called OMEGA.
> >
> > According to documentation I have to run postmaster on ORION with -i
> > option like:
> >
> > /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -i -D /usr/local/pgsql/data &
> >
> >  so I have done that, I also changed pg_hba.conf  on ORION  for  OMEGA
> > IP address like:
> >
> > host         all         172.21.2.41    255.255.255.255     trust
> >
> > But still I can not run psql mydb from Omega:
> >
> > psql: connectDBStart() -- connect() failed: Connection refused
> >         Is the postmaster running locally
> >         and accepting connections on Unix socket '/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432'?
> >
> > Why should I get this error when I have run postmaster with -i on
> > ORION?
> >
> > Shall I run that on OMEGA as well, then it's not a remote access?!!!
> >
> > I appreciate your help!
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Fariba
> >
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