"Nigel J. Andrews" <nandrews(at)investsystems(dot)co(dot)uk> writes:
> On Tue, 25 Jun 2002 acchung(at)mit(dot)edu wrote:
>> How do I get my pg_hba.conf file back to normal?
> Did wordpad perhaps automatically add a .txt extension?
I'm betting it added CR/LF (\r\n) newlines. A quick look at the sources
shows that PG does not like \r in pg_hba.conf. I've made it more
forgiving for 7.3, but for now, you'd better resave with Unix-style
newlines (\n only).
regards, tom lane