I see the problem with the line number here. I will work on a fix now. Thanks.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oliver Elphick wrote: > With this pg_hba.conf (line numbers from vi, of course): > > 48 # TYPE DATABASE USER IP-ADDRESS IP-MASK METHOD 49 > 50 local all all ident >sameuser > 51 host all 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 ident s > ameuser > 52 > > we naturally get a parse error because of the missing user column entry > in line 51. But in the log we see: > > Dec 10 19:27:42 linda postgres[10944]: [8] LOG: parse_hba: invalid > syntax in pg_hba.conf file at line 95, token "ident" > > In a more complicated file, a bogus line number is going to make > debugging very tricky. I tried following this in gdb, but haven't > managed to track it through the fork of the new backend. > > -- > Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Isle of Wight, UK http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver > GPG: 1024D/3E1D0C1C: CA12 09E0 E8D5 8870 5839 932A 614D 4C34 3E1D 0C1C > ======================================== > "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of > God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, > holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable > service." Romans 12:1 > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster > -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly