[wplug] postgresql and tcpip

[John Harrold]

hey.

this isnt really linux specific. i have a server which is running
postgresql with the tcpip option turned on. now the database is only being
accessed through the localhost interface. is there any way to tell
postgresql to listen only to the lo interface and to ignore requests on the
external (eth0 in this case) interface. i know that i can limit connections
in the pg_hba.conf file, which i have. but nmap still shows the machine as
running postgresql. i could probably drop requests with iptables, but i was
thinking of a more direct method.


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