Douglas McNaught wrote:
> John Meyer <john.l.meyer@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Maybe it was just understood, but I was typing in word for word the
>> entry from pg_hba.conf, but I'll keep that for reference later on.
>
> pg_ctl needs either the data directory supplied on the command line,
> or PGDATA set in the environment, which reading the manpage would have
> told you. ;)
>
> -Doug
>
In the end, it got fixed, but that will go into the blog for future
reference. Thanks all.