Re: Problems connecting to postgres using JDBC Driver.

Hello.  I need your help.

I have a box running Fedora Core 6. I installed the Postgres Server using yum, so i have the distributing software.

Ever since i installed it im having problems connecting my java applications to the database.

But first thing first:

This is the error message i get when connecting to the database:
Checking if Driver is registered with DriverManager.
Registered the driver ok, so let's make a connection.
Couldn't connect: print out a stack trace and exit.
org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: FATAL: missing or erroneous pg_hba.conf file
        at org.postgresql.core.v3.ConnectionFactoryImpl.doAuthentication(ConnectionFactoryImpl.java :275)
        at org.postgresql.core.v3.ConnectionFactoryImpl.openConnectionImpl(ConnectionFactoryImpl.java:94)
        at org.postgresql.core.ConnectionFactory.openConnection(ConnectionFactory.java:65)
        at org.postgresql.jdbc2.AbstractJdbc2Connection.<init>(AbstractJdbc2Connection.java:116)
        at org.postgresql.jdbc3.AbstractJdbc3Connection.<init>(AbstractJdbc3Connection.java:30)
        at org.postgresql.jdbc3.Jdbc3Connection .<init>(Jdbc3Connection.java:24)
        at org.postgresql.Driver.makeConnection(Driver.java:369)
        at org.postgresql.Driver.connect(Driver.java:245)
        at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java :525)
        at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:171)
        at Connect.main(Connect.java:26)


the pg_hba.conf file is located in:  /var/lib/pgsql/data    and it looks like this:

# TYPE  DATABASE    USER        CIDR-ADDRESS          METHOD

# "local" is for Unix domain socket connections only
#local   all         all                               ident sameuser
local   all     all             md5
# IPv4 local connections:
#host    all         all         127.0.0.1/32          ident sameuser
host    all     all     ubuntu  md5
host    all     all     127.0.0.1/32    md5
# IPv6 local connections:
#host    all         all         ::1/128               ident sameuser
host    all     all     ::1/128 md5


somewhere I read that i should live a blank line at the very bottom of the file, so i have...  Also, i have checked that each value is separated by a tab.  Also, i read that the PATH and the LD_LIBRARY_PATH should include the path to the postgres configuration.  So on /etc/bashrc i have the following:

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$JMFHOME/lib:/var/lib/pgsql/data/:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export PATH=/var/lib/pgsql/data/:$PATH


Now, this is the weird thing...  I can connect using the psql client.

psql -t template1 -U damunoz
and then entering the password....

So I have no idea what is going on...  I tested with different drivers with the same results.  My guess is that maybe this has something to do with the Fedora's distribution.  I will post this same message to them as well.

Thanks in advance for your help!

daniel



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