Re: pgAdmin error

On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 6:35 AM, David <lists(at)theflorys(dot)org> wrote:
> I am trying to use pgAdmin 1.8.4 to edit the pg_hba.conf file on a
> PostgreSQL 8.3 database running on Ubuntu 8.10. I get the following
> error message:
>
> An error has occurred:
>
> ERROR: absolute path not allowed
> CONTEXT: SQL function "pg_file_length" statement 1
>
> then...
>
> Backend Access Configuration Editor -
> /etc/postresql/8.3/main/pg_hba.conf on Kepler...
>
> with a blank screen.

Hmm - PostgreSQL won't allow us to access files outside of the data
directory. iirc, it does that by insisting that all paths are
relative, and don't contain ..

I assume your data is not in /etc/postgresql/8.3/main - just your config?

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Dave Page
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