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.TH POSTMASTER UNIX 11/05/95 PostgreSQL PostgreSQL
.SH "NAME"
postmaster \(em run the Postgres postmaster
.BR "-d"
[debug_level]]
[\c
+.BR "-i" \c
+]
+[\c
.BR "-n" \c
]
.br
controlling tty of their parent
.IR postmaster .
.TP
+.BR "-i"
+This enables TCP/IP or Internet domain socket communication.
+Without this option, only local Unix domain socket communication is
+possible.
+.TP
.BR "-n" ", " "-s"
The
.IR "-s" " and " "-n"
port (using command-line options or
.SM PGPORT\c
) when starting any libpq application, including psql.
+Local Unix domain sockets also use this port number as an identifier
+to allow unix domain communication with multiple postmasters.
.SH "WARNINGS"
If at all possible,
.BR "do not"