Invalid length of startup packet

Started by Henrik Steffenalmost 24 years ago3 messageshackers

steffen@city-map.de

almost 24 years ago

Hello hackers!

Does anyone know what the message "invalid length of startup packet"
in /var/log/messages means? It says it's "fatal" - so what is the reason
for this message, what does it mean and what can I do against it?

I use the latest postgresql-release on a heavily loaded dedicated pentium iv
machine (redhat linux).

Any help or information appreciated,

thanks

(this has been posted on general-list earlier today)

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Tom Lane

tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us

almost 24 years ago

In reply to: Henrik Steffen (#1)

Re: Invalid length of startup packet

"Henrik Steffen" <steffen@city-map.de> writes:

Does anyone know what the message "invalid length of startup packet"
in /var/log/messages means?

Something is connecting to your postmaster and sending invalid data.

It says it's "fatal" - so what is the reason
for this message, what does it mean and what can I do against it?

In this context "fatal" just means that that connection will be dropped.

regards, tom lane

Henrik Steffen

steffen@city-map.de

almost 24 years ago

In reply to: Henrik Steffen (#1)

Re: Invalid length of startup packet

Dear Tom,

I have just been talking to Hans-Juergen Schoening from the hackers-list
on the telephone. I found out, that I was really using postgres 7.2-1.72,
(I took this as 7.2.1 :(( ) - so I updated the server, and the webserver
that's connecting to the database to the latest current rpm-release.

Unfortunately I still receive the same messages...

The Webserver is using latest mod_perl and Pg.pm for connecting.

Could this be a problem?

Thanks again for your help!

Mit freundlichem Gruï¿½

Henrik Steffen
Geschï¿½ftsfï¿½hrer

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Lane" <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: "Henrik Steffen" <steffen@city-map.de>
Cc: <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Invalid length of startup packet

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"Henrik Steffen" <steffen@city-map.de> writes:

Does anyone know what the message "invalid length of startup packet"
in /var/log/messages means?

Something is connecting to your postmaster and sending invalid data.

It says it's "fatal" - so what is the reason
for this message, what does it mean and what can I do against it?

In this context "fatal" just means that that connection will be dropped.

regards, tom lane

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