I tried putting the pg_hba.conf back to stock defaults and that didn't help any. Here is a snippet of the current file:
# TYPE DATABASE USER ADDRESS METHOD
# "local" is for Unix domain socket connections only
local all all trust
I've tried single and multiple tabs or a single space between columns. It doesn't make any difference. It always complains about the 3rd column. Whatever is in that column is the 'near token' value. I know zero entries in the pg_hba.conf valid, but I was just trying to see if the real error was upstream of this file.
As far as I know, I've got a 'stock' build of PostgreSQL. I just double checked the yum configuration and it pulled PostgreSQL from:
https://download.postgresql.org/pub/repos/yum/11/redhat/rhel-$releasever-$basearch
I wish I had kept the original postgresql.conf file for comparison. It is primarily the original file with all the default values uncommented. I like making sure I know what all the settings are and if it is supposed to be a default value, I'd like to make sure it is. The pg_hba.conf file listed in postgresql.conf is one of the few things I didn't touch at all.
#hba_file = 'ConfigDir/pg_hba.conf' # host-based authentication file
# (change requires restart)
I suppose if I had to, I could wipe the PostgreSQL stuff clean and start over from scratch. This is a brand new install. I can keep backups of the these 2 files I changed for comparison after the reinstall. Thanks for responding so quickly.
Brent L. Bates - UNIX System Administrator - Langley Federal Credit Union
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