On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 10:46 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com> writes:
>> When there is a specific reject rule, why does the server say
>> FATAL: no pg_hba.conf entry
>
> It's intentional. We try to expose the minimum amount of knowledge
> about the contents of pg_hba.conf to potential attackers.
The problem with the message is not that it's uninformative, but that
it's counterfactual.
...Robert
