hello.....I use postgresql 8.0 . I've created the server.key and server.crt in this manner: openssl req -new -nodes -keyout server.key -out server.csr openssl req -x509 -key /home/data/server.key -in /home/data/server.csr -out server.crt and I put theese in my data home. I launch postgres in this manner: postmaster -il -p '$PGPORT' -D '$PGDATA_LOCAL' ${PGOPTS} & and postgres starts fine. When I try to connect to myself in this mode: psql -h localhost I have this error: psql: could not open certificate file "/root/.postgresql/postgresql.crt": No such file or directory my pg_hba.conf is: local all all ident sameuser hostssl all all 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 md5 may anyone tell me where I wrong? ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match