Alright all you pg_hba.conf experts . . .
I can't for the life of me figure out why I'm getting connection error messages which mention the pg_hba.conf file. I was trying to use the default settings: local all trust host all 127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 trust As I understand it, the first line should let any user on the same machine as the database connect through the regular UNIX sockets while the second line should let any user on the same machine connect through tcp/ip (jdbc, for example). These default settings are working great on another machine I have that's also hosting a database. A request can come in from any ip address on the database's machine, and the connection goes through without a hitch. But on my problematic machine postmaster won't let me connect (through tcp/ip using jdbc) unless I explicitly type an additional line into the pg_hba.conf file with the machine's actual ip address and subnet mask. Why??? It should let me in regardless of the machine's ip. Also, I don't understand what's special about the above numbers (127.0.0.1 and it's mask) such that they are used to allow any ips to come in from the same machine. I've tried other variations beside what the docs suggest, like the following line that was recommended: host all 127.0.0.1 255.0.0.0 trust but this didn't help Any suggestions are welcome . . . or will I forever be cursed to modify the pg_hba.conf file every time I change my machine's ip address. Russ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
