On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 6:35 AM, David <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am trying to use pgAdmin 1.8.4 to edit the pg_hba.conf file on a > PostgreSQL 8.3 database running on Ubuntu 8.10. I get the following > error message: > > An error has occurred: > > ERROR: absolute path not allowed > CONTEXT: SQL function "pg_file_length" statement 1 > > then... > > Backend Access Configuration Editor - > /etc/postresql/8.3/main/pg_hba.conf on Kepler... > > with a blank screen. Hmm - PostgreSQL won't allow us to access files outside of the data directory. iirc, it does that by insisting that all paths are relative, and don't contain .. I assume your data is not in /etc/postgresql/8.3/main - just your config? -- Dave Page EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
