Re: [GENERAL] User authentication problem

Guillermo Iglesias wrote:
>I know that the only users who can access PostgreSQL are those known to it
>(listed in pg_shadow) and when psql ask me to enter an username I supply one
>existing in pg_shadow as 'postgres' but if the user is present in /etc/passw
>d too,
>then I get the error. This error doesn't appear when I write an username tha
>t
>doesn't exist in /etc/passwd

This is not normal behaviour and I cannot reproduce it.

What version(s) are you running? What operating system?

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