Thread: Suggestion: pg_hba.conf - improve postgresql-7.3.2/html/client-authentication.html

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    Recently I struggled with access problems with pg_hba.conf.
    (see http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-05/msg00829.html )

    The solution was simple, but to find the error was pure luck.
    Would you kindly either

    a) add a note to the pg_hba.conf.sample
    b) add to the client-authentication.html

    Following statement:

    "Please, make sure that your authorization file is located in the
    *data* directory, not the toplever postgreSQL installation directory.
    That is, the file should be located in data/pga_conf"

    In my case, there were two pg_hba.conf files, one at
    /usr/share/postgresql/ and other at /usr/share/postgresql/data/
    After copying the right one into the data/ dir, all worked ok.

    This was real puzzle because I stirred the pgra_hba.conf and
    changed it multiple times without success. And I never noticed
    that it was in wrong directory.

    Jari


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The file in share is pg_hba.conf.sample, while the one in /data is
pg_hba.conf.  I have not heard of anyone else getting this confused in
the past.

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Jari Aalto wrote:
>
>     [Keep CC, if you can]
>
>     Recently I struggled with access problems with pg_hba.conf.
>     (see http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-05/msg00829.html )
>
>     The solution was simple, but to find the error was pure luck.
>     Would you kindly either
>
>     a) add a note to the pg_hba.conf.sample
>     b) add to the client-authentication.html
>
>     Following statement:
>
>     "Please, make sure that your authorization file is located in the
>     *data* directory, not the toplever postgreSQL installation directory.
>     That is, the file should be located in data/pga_conf"
>
>     In my case, there were two pg_hba.conf files, one at
>     /usr/share/postgresql/ and other at /usr/share/postgresql/data/
>     After copying the right one into the data/ dir, all worked ok.
>
>     This was real puzzle because I stirred the pgra_hba.conf and
>     changed it multiple times without success. And I never noticed
>     that it was in wrong directory.
>
>     Jari
>
>
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