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Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:09:19 +0930
From: Shane Ambler <pgsql@Sheeky.Biz>
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To: Simone Gadenz <s.gadenz@geologyx.it>
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Subject: Re: Connecting from xp to linux server
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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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