Thread: Problem editing pg_hba.conf on Vista

Problem editing pg_hba.conf on Vista

From
"Nagle, Gail A \(US SSA\)"
Date:

When installing 8.3 on Vista, we are having a problem when we change the pg_hba.conf file to allow trust authentication. This worked fine on Windows XP. However, after making the change and stopping/restarting the  service, we see an error in the Windows Event Viewer that says it no longer cannot open the pg_hba.conf file, permission denied.  Vista also seems to lock these config files in a way that prevents them from being removed even after uninstalling postgres. Has anyone encountered this problem and found a solution? Thank you.

 

The relevant part of the file now looks like this:

# TYPE  DATABASE    USER        CIDR-ADDRESS          METHOD

 

# IPv4 local connections:

#host    all         all         127.0.0.1/32          md5

host    all         all         127.0.0.1/32          trust

# IPv6 local connections:

#host    all         all         ::1/128               md5

 

Re: Problem editing pg_hba.conf on Vista

From
Rafael Domiciano
Date:
Did you installed Postgres in a new user, like suggested in the Installation Wizard?
I'm was having a problem like yours in Windows Server 2008, so I deleted and created the user Postgres, put it into "Advanced Users" and worked fine.

Rafael


On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 8:38 PM, Nagle, Gail A (US SSA) <gail.nagle@baesystems.com> wrote:

When installing 8.3 on Vista, we are having a problem when we change the pg_hba.conf file to allow trust authentication. This worked fine on Windows XP. However, after making the change and stopping/restarting the  service, we see an error in the Windows Event Viewer that says it no longer cannot open the pg_hba.conf file, permission denied.  Vista also seems to lock these config files in a way that prevents them from being removed even after uninstalling postgres. Has anyone encountered this problem and found a solution? Thank you.

 

The relevant part of the file now looks like this:

# TYPE  DATABASE    USER        CIDR-ADDRESS          METHOD

 

# IPv4 local connections:

#host    all         all         127.0.0.1/32          md5

host    all         all         127.0.0.1/32          trust

# IPv6 local connections:

#host    all         all         ::1/128               md5