"Sriram Dandapani" <sdandapani@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > This is the complete pg_hba contents > local all all trust > # IPv4 local connections: > host all all 127.0.0.1/32 trust > #host all all 172.31.0.84/24 trust > # IPv6 local connections: > host all all ::1/128 trust That file certainly shouldn't let in any nonlocal connections, so I'm of the opinion you're editing the wrong file :-(. You might try strace'ing the postmaster to see what files it re-reads after being sighup'd. regards, tom lane