psql: FATAL: Ident authentication failed for user "postgres"

Hi everyone,

I am having problems logging into psql as a non-'postgres' user.

/home/djoo[5:38pm]$ %psql kermit -U postgres

psql: FATAL: Ident authentication failed for user "postgres"

Below is a portion of the pg_hba.conf file, which I believe is
configured so that a password is not required.

# TYPE DATABASE USER CIDR-ADDRESS METHOD

# "local" is for Unix domain socket connections only

local all all trust

# IPv4 local connections:

host all all 127.0.0.1/32 trust

# IPv6 local connections:

host all all ::1/128 trust

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Dan