Re: psql: FATAL: Ident authentication failed for user "postgres"

From: Karsten Hilbert <Karsten(dot)Hilbert(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: psql: FATAL: Ident authentication failed for user "postgres"
Date: 2008-05-20 15:51:06
Message-ID: 20080520155106.GD4249@merkur.hilbert.loc
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On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 08:24:30AM -0700, Dan Joo wrote:

> /home/djoo[8:25am]$ %psql kermit -U postgres
>
> psql: FATAL: Ident authentication failed for user "postgres"

> confused why I can't access. Is there another file that I need to alter
> besides the pg_hba.conf file?

That depends on the content of your pg_hba.conf file.

Karsten
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