> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgadmin-support-owner@postgresql.org
> [mailto:pgadmin-support-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of
> Keith Worthington
> Sent: 11 October 2004 19:49
> To: pgadmin-support@postgresql.org
> Subject: [pgadmin-support] bad pg_hba.conf file
>
> Hi All,
>
> When I try to connect to the database server I get an error
> indicating my pg_hba.conf file is bad. Here are the only two
> lines that I have. Any comments pointing me in the correct
> direction would be appreciated.
>
> # TYPE DATABASE USER IP-ADDRESS IP-MASK
> METHOD
> local all all
> host all all 192.168.7.0
> 255.255.255.0 trust
This should really be on a PostgreSQL list, not a pgadmin one, but
seeing as it's a quickie, you appear to be missing the method value on
the 'local all all' entry. You need to specify how matches to that line
will be authenticated - eg. md5, trust etc.
Regards, Dave