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To: Simone Gadenz <s.gadenz@geologyx.it>
cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Connecting from xp to linux server 
In-reply-to: <484D11CC.3050806@geologyx.it> 
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Comments: In-reply-to Simone Gadenz <s.gadenz@geologyx.it>
	message dated "Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:19:40 +0200"
Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:26:16 -0400
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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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Simone Gadenz <s.gadenz@geologyx.it> writes:
> 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" .

Look into the postmaster log to get more details about what it didn't
like.

(Also, consider using a client that doesn't throw away the HINT part
of an error message ...)

			regards, tom lane