On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 10:21 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
>> OK, how about "connection not authorized by pg_hba.conf"?
>
> This is still not especially helpful for novice DBAs. We want to point
> them in the direction that they need to add an entry to pg_hba.conf,
> which is 99% likely to be what's wanted. The current wording provides
> that hint; vague statements like the above don't.
*scratches head*
So you'd prefer a message that is sometimes flat-out wrong over a
message that is correct but less informative in the common case? I
guess that could be right call, but it's not what I'd pick.
...Robert