I've had a quick search around (about 30 minutes) and tried a few bits, but nothing seems to work. Also please note I'm no Linux expert (I can do most basic stuff, simple installs, configurations etc) so some of the config I have may be obviously wrong, but I just don't see it! (feel free to correct any of the configs below)
The Setup
I have a running instance of PostgreSQL 9.3 on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.1 (Maipo) box. It's also running SELinux and IPTables.
IPTables config (added in 80, 443 and 5432.. and also 22, but that was done before...)
# sample configuration for iptables service
# you can edit this manually or use system-config-firewall
# please do not ask us to add additional ports/services to this default configuration
*filter
:INPUT ACCEPT [0:0]
:FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0]
:OUTPUT ACCEPT [0:0]
-A INPUT -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -p icmp -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 5432 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -m state --state NEW -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -m state --state NEW -p tcp --dport 443 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited
-A FORWARD -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited
COMMIT
PostgreSQL pg_hba.cong (deleted all comments)
# TYPE DATABASE USER ADDRESS METHOD
local all all ident
host all all 127.0.0.1/32 md5
host all all ::1/128 md5
host all all 0.0.0.0/0 md5
postgresql.conf (only changed the listen address)
listen_addresses = '*'
Setup new users
$ sudo -u postgres /usr/pgsql-9.3/bin/createuser -s "pgadmin"
$ sudo -u postgres /usr/pgsql-9.3/bin/createuser "webuser"
$ sudo -u postgres psql
postgres=# ALTER ROLE "pgadmin" WITH PASSWORD 'weakpassword';
ALTER ROLE
postgres=# ALTER ROLE "webuser" WITH PASSWORD 'anotherweakpassword';
ALTER ROLE
postgres=# q
Test connection
psql -U [pgadmin|webuser] -h [localhost|127.0.0.1|hostname] -W postgres
Password for user [pgadmin|webuser]: [weakpassword|anotherweakpassword]
psql (9.3.7)
Type "help" for help.
postgres=# q
As you can see I tested 127.0.0.1, localhost and the hostname on the command line to make sure I could connect use all three identifiers with both different accounts.
I've also connected using PgAdmin from my windows box, and it connects using the hostname and ip address using both users.
The problem...
The problem comes when I try to connect from PHP via Apache (it doesn't happen if I run the same script on the command line)
PHP Test Script
<?php
error_reporting( E_ALL );
ini_set('display_errors', '1');
$conn1 = pg_connect("host='localhost' port='5432' user='pgadmin' password='weakpassword' dbname='postgres'");
$conn2 = pg_connect("host='127.0.0.1' port='5432' user='pgadmin' password='weakpassword' dbname='postgres'");
$conn3 = pg_connect("host='localhost' port='5432' user='webuser' password='anotherweakpassword' dbname='postgres'");
$conn4 = pg_connect("host='127.0.0.1' port='5432' user='webuser' password='anotherweakpassword' dbname='postgres'");
$status1 = pg_connection_status( $conn1 );
$status2 = pg_connection_status( $conn2 );
$status3 = pg_connection_status( $conn3 );
$status4 = pg_connection_status( $conn4 );
# Check connection
if (
$status1 === false || $status1 === PGSQL_CONNECTION_BAD ||
$status2 === false || $status2 === PGSQL_CONNECTION_BAD ||
$status3 === false || $status3 === PGSQL_CONNECTION_BAD ||
$status4 === false || $status4 === PGSQL_CONNECTION_BAD
)
{
throw new Exception("I'm broken");
}
# Do a query
$res1 = pg_query( $conn1, "SELECT * FROM pg_type LIMIT 1" );
$res2 = pg_query( $conn2, "SELECT * FROM pg_type LIMIT 1" );
$res3 = pg_query( $conn3, "SELECT * FROM pg_type LIMIT 1" );
$res4 = pg_query( $conn4, "SELECT * FROM pg_type LIMIT 1" );
# Test one result.
$row1 = pg_fetch_row($res1);
$row2 = pg_fetch_row($res2);
$row3 = pg_fetch_row($res3);
$row4 = pg_fetch_row($res4);
echo $row1[0] . "
";
echo $row2[0] . "
";
echo $row3[0] . "
";
echo $row4[0] . "
";
On the command line I get the following output (as expected)
bool
bool
bool
bool
But in the browser I get the following
Warning: pg_connect(): Unable to connect to PostgreSQL server: could not connect to server: Permission denied Is the server running on host "localhost" (::1) and accepting TCP/IP connections on port 5432? could not connect to server: Permission denied Is the server running on host "localhost" (127.0.0.1) and accepting TCP/IP connections on port 5432? in /var/www/html/test.php on line 6
Warning: pg_connect(): Unable to connect to PostgreSQL server: could not connect to server: Permission denied Is the server running on host "127.0.0.1" and accepting TCP/IP connections on port 5432? in /var/www/html/test.php on line 7
Warning: pg_connect(): Unable to connect to PostgreSQL server: could not connect to server: Permission denied Is the server running on host "localhost" (::1) and accepting TCP/IP connections on port 5432? could not connect to server: Permission denied Is the server running on host "localhost" (127.0.0.1) and accepting TCP/IP connections on port 5432? in /var/www/html/test.php on line 8
Warning: pg_connect(): Unable to connect to PostgreSQL server: could not connect to server: Permission denied Is the server running on host "127.0.0.1" and accepting TCP/IP connections on port 5432? in /var/www/html/test.php on line 9
Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception' with message 'I'm broken' in /var/www/html/test.php:25 Stack trace: #0 {main} thrown in /var/www/html/test.php on line 25
I've got a feeling it's something to do with IPTables not allowing the connect when coming through Apache for some reason, but I'm stumped (I bet it's stupidly simple)
I think that covers everything...
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