Re: Hung postmaster (8.3.9)

"Ed L." <pgsql(at)bluepolka(dot)net> writes:
> #4 0x0000000000531ee8 in next_token (fp=0x10377ae0, buf=0x7fff32230e60 "", bufsz=4096) at hba.c:128
> #5 0x0000000000532233 in tokenize_file (filename=0x10359b70 "global", file=0x10377ae0, lines=0x7fff322310f8, line_nums=0x7fff322310f0) at hba.c:232
> #6 0x00000000005322e9 in tokenize_file (filename=0x2b1c8cbf5800 "global/pg_auth", file=0x103767a0, lines=0x98b168, line_nums=0x98b170) at hba.c:358
> #7 0x00000000005327ff in load_role () at hba.c:959

Now that I look more closely at those line numbers, it looks like the
thing thinks it is processing an include file. Are there any @ signs
in your global/pg_auth file?

regards, tom lane