Re: Clarification on RH Upgrade, pgsql not working - erroneous pg_hba.conf - Mailing list pgsql-admin

"Greg Kelley" <gkelley@britannicaviation.com> writes:
> FATAL: Missing or erroneous pg_hba.conf file, see postmaster log for details

So, look in the postmaster log, like the message tells you to ...

> su -l postgres -s /bin/sh -c "/usr/bin/pg_ctl -D $PGDATA -p
> /usr/bin/postmaster -o '-i -p ${PGPORT}' start  > /dev/null 2>&1" <
> /dev/null

Of course, you'll need to send the log someplace other than /dev/null
:-(

            regards, tom lane