Bessette-Halsema, Dominique E. wrote: > Is there a way to use the hostname that is in the /etc/hosts file > instead of the IP address in pg_hba.conf No. It has been discussed but we've not found a good way in which it should work. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support