"Nicholas Hemley" <nic(dot)hemley(at)sidonis(dot)com> writes:
> It appears that ident authentication is the default and not trust
> authentication. Has this changed between versions or has it always been this
> way?
No, the out-of-the-box default hasn't changed. However some packagers
(Red Hat for instance) make the default be ident. Maybe you switched
to a different packaging than you used before?
Whatever you're using, it's easy enough to change...
regards, tom lane