David Unsworth <dunswort@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > This was working until recently. In Services I right clicked on properties and > I think I changed the METHOD in pg_hba.conf from md5 to trust. > I think after making this change the problems started. > > In Services I cannot start the PostgreSQL Server 8.4 due to Error:1069 The > service did not start due to a logon failure. Server start has nothing to do with pg_hba.conf. And: 8.4 is out of support. Is this a Windows-System? I'm guessing you have problems with anti-virus-software and/or firewall-software and/or wrong system-user-permissions to start the service. pg_hba.conf is for client-access, not for startup! Maybe this here can help you: http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/F4C27E77F7A33E4CA98C19A9DC6722A2062AD78B@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/4C2940FC.6000108@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Andreas -- Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect. (Linus Torvalds) "If I was god, I would recompile penguin with --enable-fly." (unknown) Kaufbach, Saxony, Germany, Europe. N 51.05082°, E 13.56889° -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general