Thanks for the quick reply Adrian. On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 10:09 AM, Adrian Klaver <adrian.kla...@aklaver.com> wrote:
> On 07/30/2015 06:42 AM, Melvin Davidson wrote: > > I have a puzzling question. > > > > All through the error log, there are connections for [unknown] user. > > EG: > > 2015-07-30 00:00:00 CDT [6577]: [1-1]: : [unknown]: LOG: connection > > received: host=173.239.101.98 port=50687 > > > > The log_line_prefix is %t [%p]: [%l-1]: %h: %u: > > > > I can understand that the host is not available in nslookup, but why is > > the user not being recorded? > > A quick look at the source shows that Postgres system process can have > NULL username: > > postinit.c: > > else if (IsBackgroundWorker) > { > if (username == NULL) > { > InitializeSessionUserIdStandalone(); > am_superuser = true; > > which is then turned into 'unknown' > > elog.c: > > case 'u': > if (MyProcPort) > { > const char *username = MyProcPort->user_name; > > if (username == NULL || *username == '\0') > username = _("[unknown]"); > > > > > > *Melvin Davidson* > > > -- > Adrian Klaver > adrian.kla...@aklaver.com > -- *Melvin Davidson* I reserve the right to fantasize. Whether or not you wish to share my fantasy is entirely up to you.