Why can't I unblock postgres with shorewall?

Posted by ryeguy on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by ryeguy
Published on 2009-08-24T02:10:30Z Indexed on 2010/03/17 15:21 UTC
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I can't seem to unblock the port needed for postgres using Shorewall. I am developing a PHP app on my windows machine here, and then I upload it on my linux box to actually use it. The linux box runs the php files as well as hosts the db server. Since I need it working from both machines, in my PHP code I am referring to the database as the full IP instead of localhost.

I can easily connect to postgres from my windows machine, but ironically, my PHP app can't connect to postgres even though it's on the same box. Here's what I have in /etc/shorewall/rules:

#macro/action           src     dest
PostgreSQL/ACCEPT       net     $FW
PostgreSQL/ACCEPT       loc     $FW
PostgreSQL/ACCEPT       loc     dmz
PostgreSQL/ACCEPT       net     dmz
PostgreSQL/ACCEPT       loc     net
PostgreSQL/ACCEPT       dmz     $FW
PostgreSQL/ACCEPT       dmz     loc
PostgreSQL/ACCEPT       dmz     net
PostgreSQL/ACCEPT       dmz     dmz

Clearly I have a ton of crap there. The first line is all I needed to make it allow a connection from my windows machine. All the lines after it are me just trying everything to get it to work. What am I missing?

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