On mån, 2010-08-09 at 13:56 -0500, Kevin Grittner wrote: > Peter Eisentraut <pete...@gmx.net> wrote: > > > The client's IP address (known from the kernel) > > Some machines have several IP addresses; how is that handled?
A connection comes in over exactly one address. > > is reverse looked up, which results in a host name. > > Some IP addresses have several host names, including in reverse > lookup; how is that handled? This is not possible, or at least the C library APIs don't expose it. Compare the getnameinfo() and getaddrinfo() man pages, for example. -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
