Re: pg_hba.conf is right ther, but connot connect

Gerrit P. Haase wrote:

>Hallo pgsql-cygwin,
>
>I have tried what is stated in the FAQ, create an entry in pg_hba.conf
>and checking the status of postmaster with pg_ctl tells me:
>/usr/bin/postmaster '-D' '/usr/share/postgresql/data' '-i'
>
>pg_hba.conf:
># TYPE DATABASE USER IP-ADDRESS IP-MASK METHOD
>
>local all all trust
>host all all 127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 trust
>host all all 192.168.5.3 255.255.255.0 trust
>
>When I try to connect from remote:
>$ psql -h 192.168.5.5 -d dbmail -U dbmail
>psql: FATAL: No pg_hba.conf entry for host 192.168.5.3, user dbmail, database dbmail
>
>
>What else may I check or try?
>
>
>Gerrit
>
>
try to change tge IP-MASK to 255.255.255.255

But think twice before giving a trust relationship to that kind of entry ...

Regards,

Fred