Re: Trying to build 7.0.3 on SCO 5.0.4

Well that is how it ships and other software I have used uses that
notation. It is a moot point though. I changed the  pg_hba.conf file as
shown below and get the same error.


Tom Lane wrote:

> Michael Fork <mfork@toledolink.com> writes:
>
>> Actually, to have it wide open, i think it should be this
>> #host         all        0.0.0.0       0.0.0.0             trust
>
>
> That *would* be wide open: allow anyone to connect from anywhere.
> I think what Dave actually wants is
>
> local        all                                           trust
> host         all         127.0.0.1     255.255.255.255     trust
>
> to allow IP connections from localhost only.  Depending on how his
> local networking software works, he might also want a host line
> mentioning his real IP address.
>
> This is the second report I've seen this week of someone thinking that
> host = 0.0.0.0 is the right thing to put in pg_hba.conf.  Do we have
> some erroneous documentation somewhere that suggests that?
>
>             regards, tom lane