Re: [BUGS] BUG #5329: postmaster fails to start because of an erroneous pg_hba.conf, but doesn't output any error
On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 2:15 AM, Tom Lane t...@sss.pgh.pa.us wrote: We most certainly do print something --- in your example I get this: LOG: invalid authentication method 127.0.0.1 CONTEXT: line 81 of configuration file /home/postgres/data/pg_hba.conf FATAL: could not load pg_hba.conf I suspect you are using a configuration that redirects the postmaster's log to /dev/null, or some equally unhelpful place :-(. FWIW, this message comes out after the logging settings in postgresql.conf have been adopted, so you should look to those to see where the message actually went. Errors in postgresql.conf itself typically get reported on postmaster's stderr. You are right, I wasn't looking at the right place (I was a user of Postgres a very long time ago). Sorry for this unnecessary bug report, and thanks to you and to Euler who answered as well. Best regards, Olivier Jeannet. -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs
[BUGS] BUG #5329: postmaster fails to start because of an erroneous pg_hba.conf, but doesn't output any error
The following bug has been logged online: Bug reference: 5329 Logged by: Olivier Jeannet Email address: olivier.jean...@gmail.com PostgreSQL version: 8.4.2 Operating system: Fedora 12 on x86_64 Description:postmaster fails to start because of an erroneous pg_hba.conf, but doesn't output any error Details: After having modified pg_hba.conf in bad way, with the following line (the IP address is not used and not wanted) : local all all 127.0.0.1md5 postmaster was unable to start as usual. I had a hard time finding the problem, as nothing is ouput on the command line or in the logs. I suggest to print something when halting on a configuration file parsing problem. Best regards, Olivier Jeannet. -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs
Re: [BUGS] BUG #5329: postmaster fails to start because of an erroneous pg_hba.conf, but doesn't output any error
Olivier Jeannet olivier.jean...@gmail.com writes: After having modified pg_hba.conf in bad way, with the following line (the IP address is not used and not wanted) : local all all 127.0.0.1md5 postmaster was unable to start as usual. I had a hard time finding the problem, as nothing is ouput on the command line or in the logs. I suggest to print something when halting on a configuration file parsing problem. We most certainly do print something --- in your example I get this: LOG: invalid authentication method 127.0.0.1 CONTEXT: line 81 of configuration file /home/postgres/data/pg_hba.conf FATAL: could not load pg_hba.conf I suspect you are using a configuration that redirects the postmaster's log to /dev/null, or some equally unhelpful place :-(. FWIW, this message comes out after the logging settings in postgresql.conf have been adopted, so you should look to those to see where the message actually went. Errors in postgresql.conf itself typically get reported on postmaster's stderr. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs
Re: [BUGS] BUG #5329: postmaster fails to start because of an erroneous pg_hba.conf, but doesn't output any error
Olivier Jeannet escreveu: I had a hard time finding the problem, as nothing is ouput on the command line or in the logs. Ugh? I got this in 8.4 or earlier version. Are you checking the right log file? LOG: invalid authentication method 127.0.0.1/32 CONTEXT: line 74 of configuration file /a/data/pg_hba.conf FATAL: could not load pg_hba.conf -- Euler Taveira de Oliveira http://www.timbira.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs
