Re: BUG #1013: Authentication doesn't work

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: keith105(at)yahoo(dot)com
Cc: "PostgreSQL Bugs List" <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: BUG #1013: Authentication doesn't work
Date: 2003-12-18 14:47:27
Message-ID: 19461.1071758847@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"PostgreSQL Bugs List" <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org> writes:
> When I start up psql, if I am not not logged in as the owner of the database, I get the following error message, even if I type the correct password:
> psql: FATAL: IDENT authentication failed for user "keith"

This is not a bug: it's the way it's supposed to work.

If you want to use passwords for authentication, you need to select a
password-based method in pg_hba.conf. Not IDENT.

Read the administrator's guide for more detail:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/static/client-authentication.html

regards, tom lane

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