Re: Missing or errooneous pg_hba.conf file

Christopher Browne <cbbrowne(at)acm(dot)org> writes:
> After takin a swig o' Arrakan spice grog, tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us (Tom Lane) belched out:
>> Bill Chandler <billybobc1210(at)yahoo(dot)com> writes:
>>> Interestingly the same 7.4.1 binary running on a different machine did
>>> not exhibit the problem. Could it be a Solaris patch level thing?
>>
>> Seems likely. Can you update and see if that fixes it?

> Hmm... I think I have seen the same thing.

Interesting. I forgot to mention that a likely workaround (in 7.4.*
anyway) is to use CIDR-style specification of host+mask: "127.0.0.1/32"
instead of "127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255". That would avoid calling
getaddrinfo for the troublesome value. But it would be nice to verify
whether this is a Solaris bug or our own fault.

regards, tom lane