Quoting Ben Suffolk <ben@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > > > I suggest you try and connect from the pgsql machine locally using > tcp :- > > > psql -h = same.host.as.configured.from.windows.box -p = 5432 db user > > Then we can see if the problem still lies with pgsql, or with the > firewall. > Ben, All right. Now it works. I tested your suggestion and found out from logfiles that my pg_hba.conf file was quite corrupted ( i.e. invalid IP masks ) . I re-arranged the file, tested, re-arranged again... and finally, it works. Thanks to everyone who helped. I hope all of you didn't get too annoyed with all these "PRESS ANYKEY" - "Hey, where's the anykey???" -styled questions of mine. Jari
