My pg_hba.conf file looks like below.
# PostgreSQL Client Authentication Configuration File
# ===
#
# Refer to the Client Authentication section in the
# PostgreSQL documentation for a complete description
# of this file. A short synopsis follows.
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Subject: [Geoserver-users] Connecting to PostGIS from Geoserver.
I am running Geoserver 2.02.(not locally installed)
I installed PostGIS and postgresql on my laptop,i connect to PostGIS using
the command line tool. I was able to create a database and connect to it and
added tables