The following bug has been logged on the website:
Bug reference: 12788
Logged by: Daniel Howard
Email address: dannyman@toldme.com
PostgreSQL version: 9.3.2
Operating system: CentOS
Description:
Hello,
I naively added a line like this to pg_hba.conf:
host all postgres x.x.x.x/32 peer
I ran pg_ctl reload.
I was then able to connect from x.x.x.x to do backups.
I then restarted the server, and it failed, with this error:
LOG: peer authentication is only supported on local sockets
I removed the above line from pg_hba.conf and server completed startup. I
can no longer connect from host x.x.x.x.
I can see why pg_ctl reload might gloss over a config issue instead of
bringing down the server, but that the invalid auth configuration then works
strokes me as a bug.
Thanks,
-danny