On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 3:37 AM, Uwe Bartels <uwe.bartels@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > when I used the postgres login 'replication' as the account for streaming > replication I get the following error message: > 2011-03-28 18:06:47 CEST FATAL: could not connect to the primary server: > FATAL: no pg_hba.conf entry for replication connection from host > "172.16.56.122", user "replication", SSL off > > The corresponding pg_hba.conf entry was correct and there was no other > matching entry before that line. > # TYPE DATABASE USER CIDR-ADDRESS METHOD > host replication replication 172.16.56.122/32 md5 > > By changing the account name - everything worked as smoth as I am used to > with postgres. This is a constraint of streaming replication, and listed as a TODO item. http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/TODO#Configuration_files Have pg_hba.conf consider "replication" special only in the database field * http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2010-10/msg00632.php Regards, -- Fujii Masao NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION NTT Open Source Software Center -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin