From: | "Doran L(dot) Barton" <fozz(at)iodynamics(dot)com> |
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To: | Werner Arnhold <werner(at)arnhold(dot)snafu(dot)de> |
Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: [GENERAL] authenification problems with win32-psql-client |
Date: | 1999-10-27 00:16:57 |
Message-ID: | 19991026181657.A17623@iodynamics.com |
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Not long ago, Werner Arnhold proclaimed...
> Hello,
>
> I am forced to convince people to use PostgreSQL on a Win98 net. So I
> tried the
>
> postgresql-win32-client-6.4.2.zip
>
> The server is running on a linux box. After setup there started a window,
> issuing an error message that there is no server on the local host and
> then died.
>
> When trying at dos prompt I managed to get a connection to the server
> because I had the chance to enter some command line options. When using
> the option -u I was asked for user name and password. I tried with the
> unix password as well as with a password explicitly set from within pgsql
> at the server. In both cases I got: athentication failed. The connection
> to the host was successful, because these error messages were to be found
> in the log file on the host.
>
> I miss a README or something for configuring this win-32-client. It should
> be possible to use it without using a dos window. That not the way to
> convince Win users.
>
> Because I have to convince them next monday I need help urgently.
Did you set up the pg_hba.conf file on the server machine to allow access
from the Win98 machines?
-+Fozz
--
Doran L. Barton <fozz(at)iodynamics(dot)com>
Iodynamics LLC -- "Internetworking the masses"
<URL:http://www.iodynamics.com/>
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