On 22-12-2011 12:53, er...@eurotel.com.tr wrote: > If I add this line to pg_hba.conf, it causes a silent startup failure: > local all backup 127.0.0.1/32 trust > There is a linux user backup on this system. After adding this line and > issue "pg_ctl reload" it signals server successfully, no errors. But if I > stop db server, I can not start db anymore. Strangely no log exists in > pgstartup.log. Even I start with -d 5 debug param, it exists after "logging > shutdown" message. Debugging with gdb didn't help. After removing the line > added above in pg_hba.conf, db starts. > This is not a bug. Did you check your server logs (pgstartup.log must be the pg_ctl output)? I got:
LOG: invalid authentication method "127.0.0.1/32" CONTEXT: line 80 of configuration file "/home/euler/pg90/data/pg_hba.conf" FATAL: could not load pg_hba.conf If you don't have logging_collector enabled, you should get the above message in your terminal. Problem is: instead of local you should use host. -- Euler Taveira de Oliveira - Timbira http://www.timbira.com.br/ PostgreSQL: Consultoria, Desenvolvimento, Suporte 24x7 e Treinamento -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs