John Meyer <john(dot)l(dot)meyer(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> Maybe it was just understood, but I was typing in word for word the
> entry from pg_hba.conf, but I'll keep that for reference later on.
pg_ctl needs either the data directory supplied on the command line,
or PGDATA set in the environment, which reading the manpage would have
told you. ;)
-Doug