Find location of postgres related conf files dbaclass=# SELECT name, setting FROM pg_settings WHERE category = 'File Locations'; name | setting -------------------+--------------------------------------------- config_file | /Library/PostgreSQL/10/data/postgresql.conf data_directory | /Library/PostgreSQL/10/data external_pid_file | hba_file | /Library/PostgreSQL/10/data/pg_hba.conf ident_file | /Library/PostgreSQL/10/data/pg_ident.conf (5 rows) alternatively: postgres=# show config_file; config_file -------------------------------------------- /Library/PostgreSQL/10/data/postgresql.conf (1 row) postgres=# show hba_file; hba_file ----------------------------------------- /Library/PostgreSQL/10/data/pg_hba.conf (1 row) postgres=# show ident_file;