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I'm having trouble getting postgres to allow remote access over the LAN. The 2 conf files are as follows...

#postrges.conf # - Connection Settings - .200 is where the server's IP listen_addresses = '192.168.0.200,localhost' port = 5432 ... #pg_hba.conf # IPv4 local connections: host all all 127.0.0.1/32 md5 # allow LAN connections only... host all all 192.168.0.0/255 md5

Whats wrong here? The postgres server won't even restart...

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 # allow LAN connections only... host all all 192.168.0.0/255 md5

try to change that into CIDR notation

 # allow LAN connections only... host all all 192.168.0.0/32 md5

try to change 

listen_addresses = '192.168.0.200,localhost'

into 

listen_addresses = '*'

About the not restarting: check your postgres logfile or on liux: /var/log/syslog

If the postgres server is restarting, check if its running on the needed interfaces using 

 netstat -tapn
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  • +1 - Host lists in pg_hba.conf are CIDR masks. /255 IS NOT a valid CIDR mask (even IPv6 only understands up to /128). Consult the man page for more information. Commented Jul 18, 2011 at 18:23
  • /255 is Very Wrong, but /32 is also probably not right. I suspect that Jake is trying for /24 Commented Jul 19, 2011 at 2:54
  • agreed, /32 should be /24 ... my mistake. Commented Jul 19, 2011 at 14:25

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