Simone Gadenz <s(dot)gadenz(at)geologyx(dot)it> writes:
> I have PG 8.3 running on a KUBUNTU installation running on a virtual
> machine. From inside the virtual machine I can use PGADMIN to manage PG
> but when I try to connect from the xp machine I have this error: "Error
> connecting to the server:FATAL: missing or erroneous pg_hba.conf file" .
Look into the postmaster log to get more details about what it didn't
like.
(Also, consider using a client that doesn't throw away the HINT part
of an error message ...)
regards, tom lane