Re: Connecting from xp to linux server

Simone Gadenz wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> this is the problem I am facing.
>
> 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" .
>
> I set the permission in the pg_hba.conf on the server.
>
> The machine talk each oher, I can ping and use telnet on the 5432 port.
>
> The log on the server does not report any problem.
>
> Ideas?
>

If you can telnet then I would say your network and firewall is right
and the error with pg_hba.conf is where you need to look.

The pg_hba.conf is located in the data dir that you have specified for
postgresql. Is it there? What entries do you have after all the
comments? The errornous part would indicate a small syntax error or did
you edit it on windows with cr/nl characters and copy it across to linux?

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