Re: Clarification on RH Upgrade, pgsql not working - erroneous pg_hba.conf

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Greg Kelley" <gkelley(at)britannicaviation(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Clarification on RH Upgrade, pgsql not working - erroneous pg_hba.conf
Date: 2003-04-16 14:40:43
Message-ID: 17918.1050504043@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Greg Kelley" <gkelley(at)britannicaviation(dot)com> writes:
> FATAL: Missing or erroneous pg_hba.conf file, see postmaster log for details

So, look in the postmaster log, like the message tells you to ...

> su -l postgres -s /bin/sh -c "/usr/bin/pg_ctl -D $PGDATA -p
> /usr/bin/postmaster -o '-i -p ${PGPORT}' start > /dev/null 2>&1" <
> /dev/null

Of course, you'll need to send the log someplace other than /dev/null
:-(

regards, tom lane

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