Re: pg_hba.conf issue

>From: "Jayakumar_Mukundaraju" <Jayakumar_Mukundaraju(at)satyam(dot)com>
>To: <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
>Subject: [ADMIN] pg_hba.conf issue
>Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 19:21:36 +0530
>
>Hi friends,
>
>I am Jayakumar and new to PostgreSQL world. I am using PostgreSQL 8.1.3
>in Windows 2000 machine.
>
>My problem is, I am unable to connect to PostgreSQL server from another
>machine's psql client.
>
>My system IP is 172.16.84.76, and client machine IP is 172.16.85.243.
>
>I can connect to the PostgreSQL server with " psql -Uroot
>-h172.16.84.76"
>from same system(172.16.84.76)
>
>If I give the above command from 172.16.85.243, results
>
>D:\\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.1\bin>psql -Uroot - h172.16.84.76
>psql: could not connect to server: Connection refused (0x0000274D/10061)
> Is the server running on host "172.16.84.76" and accepting
> TCP/IP connections on port 5432?
>
>I don't know how to do this in windows.
>
>
>here pg_hba.conf entries follows
>*************************************
>host all all 172.16.84.76/32 md5
>host all all 172.16.85.243/32 md5
>

Is this pg_hba.conf file is located at (172.16.84.76)? Further are these
entries made in IPv4 block?

>here postgre.conf entry follows
>***********************************
>#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
>----
># CONNECTIONS AND AUTHENTICATION
>#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
>----
>
># - Connection Settings -
>
>listen_addresses = '*' # what IP address(es) to listen on;
> # comma-separated list of addresses;
> # defaults to 'localhost', '*' = all
>port = 5432
>max_connections = 100
># note: increasing max_connections costs ~400 bytes of shared memory per
># connection slot, plus lock space (see max_locks_per_transaction). You
># might also need to raise shared_buffers to support more connections.
>
>
>superuser_reserved_connections = 10
>
>#unix_socket_directory = ''
>#unix_socket_group = ''
>#unix_socket_permissions = 0777 # octal
>#bonjour_name = '' # defaults to the computer name
>
># - Security & Authentication -
>
>authentication_timeout = 150 # 1-600, in seconds
>
>#ssl = on
>
>#password_encryption = on
>#db_user_namespace = off
>
># Kerberos
>#krb_server_keyfile = ''
>#krb_srvname = 'postgres'
>#krb_server_hostname = '' # empty string matches any keytab entry
>#krb_caseins_users = off
>
># - TCP Keepalives -
># see 'man 7 tcp' for details
>
>#tcp_keepalives_idle = 0 # TCP_KEEPIDLE, in seconds;
> # 0 selects the system default
>#tcp_keepalives_interval = 0 # TCP_KEEPINTVL, in seconds;
> # 0 selects the system default
>#tcp_keepalives_count = 0 # TCP_KEEPCNT;
> # 0 selects the system default
>
>Please find my problem, give me the solution...
>
>Thanks & Regards
>Jayakumar M
>
>
>
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