Re: Stalled post to pgsql-admin

Be careful with your pg_hba.conf entries (read the comments in the file
itself, they are lengthy but useful). What you configured (below) will
allow anyone to connect to your database from any machine without
validation, as long as their IP address has the first two blocks equal
to your machine. Are you sure that's what you want?

Zhiqiang Feng wrote:

>Thank Leland and Andrews for your help.
>
>I successfully use pgaccess to add users and now can start postgresql as a
>normal user.
>
>However, it seems pgaccess requires TCP/IP port connection so I have to
>include
>host all IP_address_of_pc 255.255.0.0 trust
>
>in the pg_hba.conf.
>
>With regards,
>
>Zhiqiang
>
>At 21:18 20/01/03 -0600, Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote:
>
>
>>Hi Zhiqiang,
>>
>>You might take a look at the following link:
>>
>>http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?SQID=449717&SPID=699&page=1
>>
>>After you have postgres user properly setup, you can use pgaccess to
>>configure other users.
>>
>>LelandJ
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Zhiqiang Feng" <zf2(at)st-andrews(dot)ac(dot)uk>
>>To: <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
>>Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 7:52 AM
>>Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Stalled post to pgsql-admin
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>Hello all,
>>>
>>>I am new to postgreSQL. I have installed postgreSQL 7.1.3-2 on Linux 7.2.
>>>If I login as root (administrator) and change user as postgres I can
>>>
>>>
>>create
>>
>>
>>>database on /usr/local/pgsql/data which I created and changed its owner as
>>>postgres.
>>>
>>>root# mkdir usr/local/pgsql/data
>>>root# chown postgres /usr/local/pgsql/data
>>>root# su postgres
>>>bash-2.3# initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
>>>bash-2.3# postmaster -D /usr/local/pgsql/data > logfile 2 >&1 &
>>>bash-2.3# createdb testdb
>>>bash-2.3# psql testdb
>>>
>>>However, when I login as a normal linux user I cannot create database. So
>>>it is a user management problem.
>>>
>>>zf2linux# createdb mydb
>>>FATAL 1: user 'zf2linux' does not exist
>>>
>>>I have tried to create a user of zf2linux in postgreSQL but the error
>>>
>>>
>>still
>>
>>
>>>occurs.
>>>If I try to change to postgres from zf1linux it asks for password.
>>>
>>>zf2linux# su postgres
>>>password: ******
>>>incorrect password.
>>>
>>>My pg_hba.conf is left as the default format:
>>>
>>>local all trust
>>>host all 127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 trust
>>>
>>>I must miss something before I allow other users to access the postgreSQL
>>>server and account. Could you please help me with the problem?
>>>
>>>Thanks for your attention and will sum.
>>>
>>>Geoff
>>>
>>>Dr. Zhiqiang Feng
>>>School of Geography & Geosciences
>>>Irving Building
>>>University of St Andrews
>>>St Andrews Fife KY16 9AL
>>>tel: 01334 463951
>>>
>>>zf2(at)st-andrews(dot)ac(dot)uk
>>>
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>Dr. Zhiqiang Feng
>School of Geography & Geosciences
>Irving Building
>University of St Andrews
>St Andrews Fife KY16 9AL
>tel: 01334 463951
>
>zf2(at)st-andrews(dot)ac(dot)uk
>
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