Re: grant database access

On Mon, 5 Sep 2011 09:04:47 +0100
e-letter <inpost(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> Readers,
>
> I have inherited a m$ pc with postgresql83 installed. Have tried to
> create a new database using pgadminiii but received the error:
>
> Access to database denied
> The server doesn't grant access to the database: the server reports
> FATAL: no pg_hba.conf entry for host "127.0.0.1", user "postgresr",
> database "postgres", SSL off
> To access a database on a PostgreSQL server, you first have to grant
> primary access to the server for your client (Host Based
> Authentication). PostgreSQL will check the pg_hba.conf file if a
> pattern that matches your client address / username / database is
> present and enabled before any SQL GRANT access control lists are
> evaluated.
> The pghbaconf file contains:
>
> # TYPE DATABASE USER CIDR-ADDRESS METHOD
>
> # IPv4 local connections:
> local all all trust
> # IPv6 local connections:
> #host all all ::1/128 md5
>
> Any advice please?

I assume that "postgresr" as a username is a cut&paste mistake.

As the message said, you have to add a proper hba entry to let the user
"postgres" connect to the server.

You can try and temporarily add a row like this to your pg_hba.conf:

host postgres postgres 127.0.0.1/32 trust

Remember to reload the server. I really advice you to read carefully
the documentaion about pg_hba.conf for your postgres version, you can
find it at:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/auth-pg-hba-conf.html

Cheers

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