dropdb to a remote host

when I do:

/usr/local/pgsql/bin/dropdb -h myhost -U myuser dbname

it complains that there isnt an entry in pg_hba.conf for 'template1', when i
rather explicitly told it to drop 'dbname'. am i missing something?

alex

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alex j. avriette
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$dbh -> do('unhose');