From: | Chris <dmagick(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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To: | jim_bowery(at)hotmail(dot)com |
Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Ident authentication failed without su to user |
Date: | 2006-02-17 02:56:27 |
Message-ID: | 43F53B5B.1070005@gmail.com |
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jim_bowery(at)hotmail(dot)com wrote:
> I've created a database "bugs" and a user "bugs" (postgresql user as
> well as unix) and even made user "bugs" not require a password but I
> still get this:
> [root(at)marathon bugzilla-2.20]# psql bugs bugs
> psql: FATAL: Ident authentication failed for user "bugs"
> ...
> but if I
> [root(at)marathon bugzilla-2.20]# su bugs
> [bugs(at)marathon bugzilla-2.20]$ psql bugs bugs
> Welcome to psql 8.0.7, the PostgreSQL interactive terminal.
>
> Type: \copyright for distribution terms
> \h for help with SQL commands
> \? for help with psql commands
> \g or terminate with semicolon to execute query
> \q to quit
>
> bugs=>
>
> it works. any ideas why?
Probably because of your pg_hba.conf file. The first option is most
likely 'ident'.
You probably want it as 'md5' (the file itself has tons of documentation).
Order does matter in that file - it will use the first rule that applies.
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