On 09/10/2014 21:30, Rob Flemming wrote: > Hi I've had a a PostgreSQL 9.3 server running on Windows 7 for > several months. > > While trying to diagnose a remote computer's connection problem > (through ArcGIS, grrr), i was clicking through the postgres (data) > directory and opened a couple of files using Notepad but promptly > closed them without making any changes. e.g. > "C:\postgres\pg_clog\0000" and "C:\postgres\pg_stat\global.stat". > > I added a line to the "pg_hba.conf" file and tried to restart the > server, but now it will not run! > > The messages in the log file are: 2014-10-09 12:59:40 PDT LOG: > invalid connection type "" 2014-10-09 12:59:40 PDT CONTEXT: line 1 > of configuration file "C:/postgres/pg_hba.conf" 2014-10-09 12:59:40 > PDT FATAL: could not load pg_hba.conf Well, the error messages seem to indicate that there's a problem with pg_hba.conf, so I'd start by reversing whatever you did there and seeing if that fixes it. I'd also use something other than Notepad.... it has a hard time with non-Windows line endings. Notepad++ is a very good free text editor, for example. Hope this helps, Ray. -- Raymond O'Donnell :: Galway :: Ireland rod@xxxxxx -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
