Tom Lane wrote: > Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>> Can we allow the IPv6 entries to be in pg_hba.conf but ignore them on > >>> non-IPv6 machines, or allow the connection to fail? > > > What is the problem? Is it that a non-IPv6 enabled postmaster is unable > > to identify or parse valid IPv6 address specifications? In that case, > > we need to provide some substitute routines. > > To what purpose? I think I prefer Andrew Dunstan's approach of allowing > IPv4 syntax in pg_hba.conf to match appropriate IPv6 connections.
I am confused. Andrew Dunstan's approach added a new 'loopback' line to pg_hba.conf. Andreas Pflug had the patch that treated IPv4 as IPv6. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
