Thread: gap between error and cure

I get an error:

psql: FATAL:  no pg_hba.conf entry for host "[local]", user "postgres", database
"template1"

when I try to run "psql template1" (which I have been doing successfully for
several years)

version 8.4.5 compiled with no switches
centos 5.5

It worked last week, not this week.

I saw a reference to run a command "show hba_file" but there hasn't been any
clue as to WHERE one runs that command.  Please hold my hand.  Which user (root
or postgres) and which program?

Thanks in advance.

jk

Hello,


>
> I saw a reference to run a command "show hba_file" but there hasn't been
any
> clue as to WHERE one runs that command.  Please hold my hand.  Whichuser
(root
> or postgres) and which program?
Please try the command from psql.

postgres=# select user;
 current_user
--------------
 postgres
(1 row)

postgres=# show hba_file;
             hba_file
-----------------------------------
 /usr/local/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf
(1 row)

Regards,
Jayadevan





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