Well that is how it ships and other software I have used uses that
notation. It is a moot point though. I changed the pg_hba.conf file as
shown below and get the same error.
Tom Lane wrote:
> Michael Fork <mfork@toledolink.com> writes:
>
>> Actually, to have it wide open, i think it should be this
>> #host all 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 trust
>
>
> That *would* be wide open: allow anyone to connect from anywhere.
> I think what Dave actually wants is
>
> local all trust
> host all 127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 trust
>
> to allow IP connections from localhost only. Depending on how his
> local networking software works, he might also want a host line
> mentioning his real IP address.
>
> This is the second report I've seen this week of someone thinking that
> host = 0.0.0.0 is the right thing to put in pg_hba.conf. Do we have
> some erroneous documentation somewhere that suggests that?
>
> regards, tom lane