Re: [INTERFACES] cant connect

Thanks!! That took care of it.

Joe

Tom Lane wrote:

> Joe Dieckert <dieckert(at)cabnet(dot)net> writes:
> > The backend start okay and we can access the data on the local machine
> > runing psql but cannont on another machine on the same net. We tried
> > adding PAM modules and adding the tcp port to the services files. We
> > tried to log in as many different users but it just keeps telling us on
> > the remote and local machine that authenication has failed.
>
> Sounds like the pg_hba.conf file on the server machine is not set up
> to allow access from anywhere except that same machine. It has to
> contain an entry matching the IP address of the machine you want to
> connect from. See the administrator documentation, or check the
> archives of this list --- I recall the same problem being discussed
> just a week or two back.
>
> regards, tom lane