If both the master and slave are in the same machine then set both to
localhost. If they  r in different machines then set it to their ip address.
josh

On Dec 12, 2007 8:57 PM, Geoffrey <lists at serioustechnology.com> wrote:

> Sorry for the shotgun blasts of messages.
>
> I'm checking the logs for my node2 and I see the following:
>
> 2007-12-12 20:44:32 EST FATAL  main: Cannot connect to local database -
> could not connect to server: D\uffff\uffff\uffffPVW
>         Is the server running on host "earth" and accepting
>         TCP/IP connections on port 5443?
>
> Now I'm all too familiar with this error from working with Postgres.
> What I think is going on is that when it tries to connect to the
> database running on the local machine, it's passing the host parameter
> and failing to connect.  I can duplicate this issue with psql command
> line.
>
> Problem is, I've tried setting the value to localhost, 127.0.0.1 and to
> a null string, but none of this works.
>
> What should the host value be in the conf file for starting a slon
> process on the local machine?
>
> I guess I could simply start that slon process on the other node, but
> that doesn't make a lot of sense.
>
>
> --
> Until later, Geoffrey
>
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