Enable remote access to Postgres Server 9.3

Question

Could anyone please tell me how to enable remote access to the PostgreSQL server 9.3? I tried the steps given in the following guide http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/postgres-allow-remote-access-tcp-connection.html

I was hoping that the steps would be similar but when try to restart the server I get the following error: /var/lib/pgsql/9.3/data is missing. Use "service postgresql-9.3 initdb" to initialize the cluster first. Since I am trying this for the first time I might be missing a basic step. Any help will be much appreciated.

Answer 1

The problem is not enabling remote access, but that your install is dying. Maybe you blindly copypasted some config.

Step back to your original configuration, edit pg_hba.conf (it is self-explanatory), and everything will be okay.