From: | Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to> |
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To: | Susemail <susemail(at)hawaii(dot)rr(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-general(at)PostgreSQL(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: IDENT and pg_hda.conf |
Date: | 2004-01-30 16:15:55 |
Message-ID: | 20040130161555.GB12848@wolff.to |
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On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 23:39:23 -1000,
Susemail <susemail(at)hawaii(dot)rr(dot)com> wrote:
> Is this good advice?
>
> IDENT Authentication failed for user "postgres"
>
> This error has everything to do with the way distros set up access rights for
> postgres. They are way too restrictive and leave you wondering what to do
> next.
>
> Do yourself a favour and change authentication type in pg_hba.conf to
>
> local all trust
>
> until you have figured out what all this stuff in pg_hba.conf does. Read about
> the different authentication settings and change them as you see fit. It is
> all described in detail in pg_hba.conf
If only trusted users have access to the server, this is a reasonable way
to start off while learning things. Generally using ident for local access
is the way to go unless you are using OS where it doesn't work.
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