Re: Connect to Postgres problems

Did you reload postgres configuration after changing pg_hba.conf?

On Mon, 2010-02-01 at 08:36 -0800, Christine Penner wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm having trouble getting a connection to Postgres to work from
> outside of my local network. It was working fine at one point. Then I
> had to change IP addresses and I can't get it to work. This is what I've done.
>
> On the computer with Postgres installed I have this in the pg_hba.conf file:
> host all all 207.6.93.152/32 md5
>
> in the postgresql.conf file I have this:
> listen_addresses = '*'
> port = 5432
>
> I also have the router set up to forward port 5432 to the computer
> with Postgres installed.
>
> I have confirmed that the IP address in pg_hba.conf and the IP
> address being used to connect to are correct. I know the user name
> and password etc are correct because I can connect locally using the
> same stuff. The only things that have changed since it was working
> is IP addresses. I confirmed they are right. Also when trying to get
> it working I noticed that the port forwarding got disabled somehow so
> I set that up again but still no luck.
>
> I'm at a loss here. What else can I be missing?
>
> Christine Penner
> Ingenious Software
> 250-352-9495
> christine(at)ingenioussoftware(dot)com
>
>