Thread: pg_hba.conf

I am putting up a new server on version 8.4.3.  I copied pg_hba.conf
from a running 8.3.6 system, changing only the public IP address for the
local machine.

I get the error:
FATAL: no pg_hba.conf entry for host "209.159.145.248", user "postgres",
database "arc"

pg_hba.conf contains the line:
 host    all         all        209.159.145.248      255.255.255.255
trust

Other records work (I can connect from my remote site using pgAdmin,
just fine), so I know the file is being read by posgres.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,
Jim

On 27/04/2010 11:42, jkunkel@laurcat.com wrote:
> I am putting up a new server on version 8.4.3.  I copied pg_hba.conf
> from a running 8.3.6 system, changing only the public IP address for the
> local machine.
>
> I get the error:
> FATAL: no pg_hba.conf entry for host "209.159.145.248", user "postgres",
> database "arc"
>
> pg_hba.conf contains the line:
>  host    all         all        209.159.145.248      255.255.255.255
> trust

Would there be a line earlier in the file that matches and is preventing
a connection?

Ray.

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Hi

 >Would there be a line earlier in the file that matches and is preventing
 >a connection?

At first, I think so too.
But if there is a line earlier in the file ,we get following error.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
psql: could not connect to server: Connection refused
         Is the server running on host "192.168.23.132" and accepting
         TCP/IP connections on port 1843?
------------------------------------------------------------------------

ex: my pg_hba.conf
------------------------------------------------------------------------
host    all         all         192.168.23.132 255.255.255.255       deny
host    all         all         192.168.23.132 255.255.255.255       trust
------------------------------------------------------------------------


The Jim's message say pg_hba.conf has no entory.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
FATAL: no pg_hba.conf entry for host "209.159.145.248", user "postgres",
database "arc"
------------------------------------------------------------------------

1)Is pg_hba.conf's location correct?
  You can check to execute this command.

postgres=# show hba_file;
            hba_file
-------------------------------
  /home/p843/pgdata/pg_hba.conf
(1 row)

2)Did you reload pg_hba.conf?
If we change pg_hba.conf ,we must execute "pg_ctl reload"

3)pg_hba.conf may have a trash.
   Can you recreate pg_hba.conf?
   *Don't copy old pg_hba.conf.


Thank you.

> On 27/04/2010 11:42, jkunkel@laurcat.com wrote:
>
>> I am putting up a new server on version 8.4.3.  I copied pg_hba.conf
>> from a running 8.3.6 system, changing only the public IP address for the
>> local machine.
>>
>> I get the error:
>> FATAL: no pg_hba.conf entry for host "209.159.145.248", user "postgres",
>> database "arc"
>>
>> pg_hba.conf contains the line:
>>   host    all         all        209.159.145.248      255.255.255.255
>> trust
>>
> Would there be a line earlier in the file that matches and is preventing
> a connection?
>
> Ray.
>
>


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Kenichiro Tanaka
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http://www.ashisuto.co.jp/english/index.html
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I've had problems before with the listen_addresses and had to set it accordingly. Wouldn't accept connections locally.

listen_addresses = '*'          # what IP address(es) to listen on;
                                        # comma-separated list of addresses;
                                        # defaults to 'localhost', '*' = all
                                        # (change requires restart)
port = 5432  

> Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:08:31 +0900
> From: ketanaka@ashisuto.co.jp
> To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] pg_hba.conf
>
> Hi
>
> >Would there be a line earlier in the file that matches and is preventing
> >a connection?
>
> At first, I think so too.
> But if there is a line earlier in the file ,we get following error.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> psql: could not connect to server: Connection refused
> Is the server running on host "192.168.23.132" and accepting
> TCP/IP connections on port 1843?
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> ex: my pg_hba.conf
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> host all all 192.168.23.132 255.255.255.255 deny
> host all all 192.168.23.132 255.255.255.255 trust
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> The Jim's message say pg_hba.conf has no entory.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> FATAL: no pg_hba.conf entry for host "209.159.145.248", user "postgres",
> database "arc"
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> 1)Is pg_hba.conf's location correct?
> You can check to execute this command.
>
> postgres=# show hba_file;
> hba_file
> -------------------------------
> /home/p843/pgdata/pg_hba.conf
> (1 row)
>
> 2)Did you reload pg_hba.conf?
> If we change pg_hba.conf ,we must execute "pg_ctl reload"
>
> 3)pg_hba.conf may have a trash.
> Can you recreate pg_hba.conf?
> *Don't copy old pg_hba.conf.
>
>
> Thank you.
>
> > On 27/04/2010 11:42, jkunkel@laurcat.com wrote:
> >
> >> I am putting up a new server on version 8.4.3. I copied pg_hba.conf
> >> from a running 8.3.6 system, changing only the public IP address for the
> >> local machine.
> >>
> >> I get the error:
> >> FATAL: no pg_hba.conf entry for host "209.159.145.248", user "postgres",
> >> database "arc"
> >>
> >> pg_hba.conf contains the line:
> >> host all all 209.159.145.248 255.255.255.255
> >> trust
> >>
> > Would there be a line earlier in the file that matches and is preventing
> > a connection?
> >
> > Ray.
> >
> >
>
>
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> ================================================
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> K.K.Ashisuto
> http://www.ashisuto.co.jp/english/index.html
> ================================================
>
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I had a similar problem: older versions of Postgres have IP addressing in
one column and subnetting/mask in the next one. 8.4 uses CIDR expression in
one column - applying CIDR notation solved my problem. I think it's
advisable to manually correct the pg_hba.conf file instead of replacing it
with the old configuration file from the older version of Postgres.

Cheers, Pete



From: Scott Mead <scott.lists@enterprisedb.com>
To: jkunkel@laurcat.com
Cc: postgres help <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Date: 28/04/2010 18:41
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] pg_hba.conf
Sent by: pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org




On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 6:42 AM, <jkunkel@laurcat.com> wrote:
I am putting up a new server on version 8.4.3.  I copied pg_hba.conf
from a running 8.3.6 system, changing only the public IP address for the
local machine.

I get the error:
FATAL: no pg_hba.conf entry for host "209.159.145.248", user "postgres",
database "arc"

pg_hba.conf contains the line:
 host    all         all        209.159.145.248      255.255.255.255
trust


Hmm, just for giggles, does it work using CIDR syntax:

  host    all         all        209.159.145.248/32    trust

 ?

--Scott

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Scott Mead
Principal Systems Engineer
EnterpriseDB Corporation
The Enterprise Postgres Company

Other records work (I can connect from my remote site using pgAdmin,
just fine), so I know the file is being read by posgres.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,
Jim


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