Remote Database Connection

Started by Nykolyn, Andrewover 16 years ago3 messagesgeneral
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#1Nykolyn, Andrew
andrew.nykolyn@ngc.com

Is there a way to set up the pg_hba.conf file to allow users to connect
regardless of their IP address? I have users that need to access the
database through a VPN using a non static IP address. Thanks in
advance.

#2Andreas Kretschmer
akretschmer@spamfence.net
In reply to: Nykolyn, Andrew (#1)
Re: Remote Database Connection

Nykolyn, Andy (AS) <andrew.nykolyn@ngc.com> wrote:

Is there a way to set up the pg_hba.conf file to allow users to connect
regardless of their IP address? I have users that need to access the database
through a VPN using a non static IP address. Thanks in advance.

Sure, use 0.0.0.0/0 as CIDR-adress.

Andreas
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#3John R Pierce
pierce@hogranch.com
In reply to: Nykolyn, Andrew (#1)
Re: Remote Database Connection

Nykolyn, Andy (AS) wrote:

Is there a way to set up the pg_hba.conf file to allow users to
connect regardless of their IP address? I have users that need to
access the database through a VPN using a non static IP address.
Thanks in advance.

specify a subnet mask that includes all these non-static VPN IPs

as in..

HOST ALL ALL 172.16.0.0/12 md5

A VPN almost always uses its own subnet range(s) for the remote clients,
they don't appear on your WAN with their own arbitrary IPs, they appear
with IPs that are assigned by the VPN

If you really want to allow all IPs, specify 0.0.0.0/0