Re: pg_hba.conf

I had a similar problem: older versions of Postgres have IP addressing in
one column and subnetting/mask in the next one. 8.4 uses CIDR expression in
one column - applying CIDR notation solved my problem. I think it's
advisable to manually correct the pg_hba.conf file instead of replacing it
with the old configuration file from the older version of Postgres.

Cheers, Pete

From: Scott Mead <scott(dot)lists(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: jkunkel(at)laurcat(dot)com
Cc: postgres help <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Date: 28/04/2010 18:41
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] pg_hba.conf
Sent by: pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org

On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 6:42 AM, <jkunkel(at)laurcat(dot)com> wrote:
I am putting up a new server on version 8.4.3.  I copied pg_hba.conf
from a running 8.3.6 system, changing only the public IP address for the
local machine.

I get the error:
FATAL: no pg_hba.conf entry for host "209.159.145.248", user "postgres",
database "arc"

pg_hba.conf contains the line:
 host    all         all        209.159.145.248      255.255.255.255
trust

Hmm, just for giggles, does it work using CIDR syntax:

  host    all         all        209.159.145.248/32    trust

 ?

--Scott

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Scott Mead
Principal Systems Engineer
EnterpriseDB Corporation
The Enterprise Postgres Company

Other records work (I can connect from my remote site using pgAdmin,
just fine), so I know the file is being read by posgres.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,
Jim

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