X-Original-To: pgsql-interfaces-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51400DBC19 for ; Sat, 19 Nov 2005 14:31:48 -0400 (AST) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 57509-09 for ; Sat, 19 Nov 2005 18:31:47 +0000 (GMT) X-Greylist: delayed 00:29:32.585314 by SQLgrey- Received: from toby.dreamhost.com (toby.dreamhost.com [66.33.193.58]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7184CDBC3B for ; Sat, 19 Nov 2005 14:03:56 -0400 (AST) Received: from [192.168.2.102] (p549A5D25.dip.t-dialin.net [84.154.93.37]) by toby.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B36B12DA17 for ; Sat, 19 Nov 2005 09:34:22 -0800 (PST) Subject: Detecting postgres servers From: Murray Cumming To: pgsql-interfaces Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 18:34:18 +0100 Message-Id: <1132421658.10562.31.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.5.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=0 required=5 tests=[none] X-Spam-Score: 0 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200511/50 X-Sequence-Number: 5846 Is there any way, without a username and password, to 1. Detect whether a Postgres server is running on a certain host on a certain port. 2. Detect whether a Postgres server is running on a certain host. 3. Detect whether a Postgres server is running somewhere on the local network, via some bonjour/rendezvous/avahi/howl-type thing? -- Murray Cumming murrayc@murrayc.com www.murrayc.com www.openismus.com