Re: md5 doesn't work (Was Re: Pet Peeves?)

On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:34:00 -0800 (PST)
Jeff Frost <jeff(at)frostconsultingllc(dot)com> wrote:

> On Thu, 29 Jan 2009, rhubbell wrote:
>
> > Umm, because md5 doesn't work and trust does work.
>
> Generally this is because you haven't yet set a password for the postgres
> user. You have to set a password for at least the postgres user via ALTER
> ROLE while you've still got it set to trust or ident before changing to md5.

Yeah, yeah, did all that, didn't work. Sorry, still a "Pet Peeve". (^;
While you mention it, another "Pet Peeve" was the use of ident. Yikes.

>
> > On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:16:19 -0500
> > Bill Moran <wmoran(at)potentialtech(dot)com> wrote:
> >
> >> In response to rhubbell <Rhubbell(at)iHubbell(dot)com>:
> >>>
> >>> I'm a new user to PostgreSQL so mine's fresh from doing an install recently.
> >>>
> >>> In /etc/postgresql/8.3/main/pg_hba.conf
> >>>
> >>> # METHOD can be "trust", "reject", "md5", "crypt", "password", "gss", "sspi",
> >>> # "krb5", "ident", "pam" or "ldap". Note that "password" sends passwords
> >>> # in clear text; "md5" is preferred since it sends encrypted passwords.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> So I chose md5 but it will not work, seems like a basic thing. So I am
> >>> forced to use "trust".
> >>
> >> How on earth does failure of md5 to work force you to use trust?
> >>
> >> How about crypt or password (password is pretty darn simple to set up).
> >>
>
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