Hi Klay, On Sat, Dec 15, 2007 at 11:11:53AM +0200, Klay Martens wrote: > I was not quite sure if this is the right forum for this question (if it > aint.oh well). > > I have had a postgresql server up and running smoothly for 1.5 years now - > no problems at all..but: > I now need to be able to administer the server remotely, as well as allow > remote logins from a WAN. > Now, I have set up all the appropriate port forwarding, made sure that there > are no problems with firewalls on the server.but the dratted thing will not > allow any connections from a remote pgAdmin. > I am fairly sure this is a result of a problem with pf_hba.conf.Can anyone > advise how to configure pg_hba.conf to permit connections from any subnet > and ip? I know this is not really a good idea, but if the connection works, > at least then I know where the problem is! As it is, I cannot be sure > exactly where the connection failure is. Very annoying! What is the exact error message when you try to connect? As stated on top of pg_hba.conf, you may permit whole subnets access like this: host all all 192.168.xxx.0/24 trust Note: This is dangerous, replace "trust" by a method of your choice! But it's good for testing. Bye, Tino. -- www.craniosacralzentrum.de www.lebensraum11.de www.spiritualdesign-chemnitz.de Tino Schwarze * Parkstraße 17h * 09120 Chemnitz ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: You can help support the PostgreSQL project by donating at http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate