Kaare Rasmussen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Sorry if this is obvious to you, but it's not obvious to me. > In 7.4 this > psql -h 127.0.0.1 test and > psql -h localhost test > will be authenticated as ipv6 addresses.
Only if your libc and/or kernel preferentially treats them as ipv6. CVS tip contains a fix to allow ipv4 addresses in pg_hba.conf to match ipv4-mapped-to-v6 ipv6 connections; this should allow people to continue believing they are using ipv4 even when their system is mapping to v6. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])