With this pg_hba.conf (line numbers from vi, of course): 48 # TYPE DATABASE USER IP-ADDRESS IP-MASK METHOD 49 50 local all all ident sameuser 51 host all 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 ident s ameuser 52
we naturally get a parse error because of the missing user column entry in line 51. But in the log we see: Dec 10 19:27:42 linda postgres[10944]: [8] LOG: parse_hba: invalid syntax in pg_hba.conf file at line 95, token "ident" In a more complicated file, a bogus line number is going to make debugging very tricky. I tried following this in gdb, but haven't managed to track it through the fork of the new backend. -- Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight, UK http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver GPG: 1024D/3E1D0C1C: CA12 09E0 E8D5 8870 5839 932A 614D 4C34 3E1D 0C1C ======================================== "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service." Romans 12:1 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
