Re: authentication problems

From: "Chad R(dot) Larson" <chad(at)eldocomp(dot)com>
To: Russ McBride <Russ(at)psyex(dot)com>
Cc: nickf(at)ontko(dot)com, pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: authentication problems
Date: 2001-10-05 22:34:42
Message-ID: 20011005153442.D55811@ecibsd1.ecinet.com
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On Sat, Sep 29, 2001 at 07:34:43PM -0700, Russ McBride wrote:
> I'm going to restate the situation since there was some confusion,
> judging from a couple of responses.
>
> The goal-- The goal is to be able to connect to my database from the
> very machine where the database sits, without worrying about what my
> ip settings are (I switch them around a bunch for various reasons).

Unless you use a '-h localhost' switch on the command line (to force
a TCP/IP connection) that line isn't the one that will apply.
You'll want something like

local all trust

in your pg_hba.conf file.

-crl
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Chad R. Larson (CRL22) chad(at)eldocomp(dot)com
Eldorado Computing, Inc. 602-604-3100
5353 North 16th Street, Suite 400
Phoenix, Arizona 85016-3228

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