"Sriram Dandapani" <sdandapani@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > When I update pg_hba.conf to disallow certain client machines from > connectiong (update pg_hba.conf, pg_ctl reload), I still see new > connections appearing in the process list from the clients I want to > disconnect. Sounds to me like a mistake in your pg_hba file, ie, there is still a line that allows them to connect. We've also heard of people editing the wrong copy of pg_hba.conf, or sighup'ing the wrong postmaster ... regards, tom lane