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From: aoki@postgres.berkeley.edu (Paul M. Aoki)
Subject: Re: PGHOST env var
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David Allan Finch <sarum@vger.demon.co.uk> writes:
> 	a) you set the PGHOST env var to the backend machine. ie
> 		sarum@lontw002:12% setenv PGHOST lontf001

right.

> 	b) can you then run monitor on a database you have already
> 	create on 'lontf001'? ie
> 		sarum@lontw002:13% monitor quote_history

yes.

> 	c) or must you run a postmaster as well on you local machine.
> 		sarum@lontw002:14% postmaster &

no.

> 	d) I asumed that you only run a postmaster on the
> 	backend machine. ie
> 		postgres@lontf001:1> postmaster &
> 	and then linpq.a and monitor could talk via sockets to it.

yes.
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