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<para>
Specifies the hostname of the machine on which the
<application>postmaster</application>
- is running.
+ is running. If host begins with a slash, it is used
+ as the path to a unix domain socket.
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<para>
Specifies the hostname of the machine on which the
<application>postmaster</application>
- is running.
+ is running. If host begins with a slash, it is used
+ as the path to a unix domain socket.
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<para>
Specifies the hostname of the machine on which the
<application>postmaster</application>
- is running.
+ is running. If host begins with a slash, it is used
+ as the path to a unix domain socket.
</para>
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<para>
Specifies the hostname of the machine on which the
<application>postmaster</application>
- is running.
+ is running. If host begins with a slash, it is used
+ as the path to a unix domain socket.
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<para>
Specifies the hostname of the machine on which the
<application>postmaster</application>
- is running.
+ is running. If host begins with a slash, it is used
+ as the path to a unix domain socket.
</para>
</listitem>
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<para>
Specifies the hostname of the machine on which the
<application>postmaster</application>
- is running.
+ is running. If host begins with a slash, it is used
+ as the path to a unix domain socket.
</para>
</listitem>
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<para>
Specifies the hostname of the machine on which the
<application>postmaster</application>
- is running. Defaults to using a local Unix domain socket
- rather than an IP connection.
+ is running. If host begins with a slash, it is used
+ as the path to a unix domain socket.
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<para>
Specifies the hostname of the machine on which the
<application>postmaster</application>
- is running. Defaults to using a local Unix domain socket
- rather than an IP connection..
+ is running. If host begins with a slash, it is used
+ as the path to a unix domain socket.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<para>
Specifies the hostname of the machine on which the
<application>postmaster</application>
- is running. Defaults to using a local Unix domain socket
- rather than an IP connection.
+ is running. If host begins with a slash, it is used
+ as the path to a unix domain socket.
</para>
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Specifies the TCP/IP hostname or address
on which the <application>postmaster</application>
is to listen for connections from frontend applications. Defaults to
- the value of the
- <envar>PGHOST</envar>
+ the value of the <envar>PGHOST</envar>
environment variable, or if <envar>PGHOST</envar>
- is not set, then defaults to "all", meaning listen on all configured addresses
+ is not set, it defaults to listening on all configured addresses
(including localhost).
</para>
<para>
- If you use a hostname or address other than "all", do not try to run
+ If you use a hostname do not try to run
multiple instances of <application>postmaster</application> on the
same IP address but different ports. Doing so will result in them
attempting (incorrectly) to use the same shared memory segments.
- Also, if you use a hostname other than "all", all of the host's IP addresses
+ Also, if you use a hostname, all of the host's IP addresses
on which <application>postmaster</application> instances are
listening must be distinct in the two last octets.
</para>
<para>
- If you do use "all" (the default), then each instance must listen on a
+ If you don't use this option, each instance must listen on a
different port (via -p or <envar>PGPORT</envar>). And, of course, do
not try to use both approaches on one host.
</para>
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<para>
Specifies the host name of the machine on which the
<application>postmaster</application> is running.
- Without this option, communication is performed using
- local Unix domain sockets.
+ If host begins with a slash, it is used
+ as the path to a unix domain socket.
</para>
</listitem>
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<para>
Specifies the hostname of the machine on which the
<application>postmaster</application>
- is running.
+ is running. If host begins with a slash, it is used
+ as the path to a unix domain socket.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>