Received: from ns.alpha.co.ae (ns.alpha.co.ae.132.170.194.in-addr.arpa [194.170.132.2] (may be forged)) by hub.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id EAA19849 for ; Thu, 12 Nov 1998 04:21:31 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from hmt@alpha.co.ae) Received: from hmtdemo2.alpha.co.ae ([194.170.132.38]) by ns.alpha.co.ae (Netscape Mail Server v1.1) with ESMTP id AAA289 for ; Thu, 12 Nov 1998 13:27:20 +0400 From: hmt@alpha.co.ae (HMT Group) To: Subject: postodbc not connecting Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 13:20:44 +0400 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <19981112092720011.AAA289@hmtdemo2.alpha.co.ae> Hi, I have a small problem with the postodbc. I am unable to connect to the postgresql database using odbc. I am using postgresql 6.2 shipped with Red Hat Linux. When I try to connect through odbc I get the error 'user authentication failed.' There is a valid database available, and valid username given. The postodbc faq gives the solution as following *Postmaster must run with the -i option to allow remote connections. The pg_hba.conf file in $PGPATH/data directory must be configured to allow your remote host to connect. * But the postmaster doesn't seem to have an option -i. And I don't have the least idea in configuring pg_hba.conf file Can anyone help me? Thanx in advance --gopal