From: | Raymond O'Donnell <rod(at)iol(dot)ie> |
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To: | Geoff Lane <geoff(at)gjctech(dot)co(dot)uk> |
Cc: | PostgreSQL ODBC <pgsql-odbc(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Can't connect Win XP client to Linux server |
Date: | 2009-05-19 20:12:42 |
Message-ID: | 4A1312BA.5040601@iol.ie |
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On 19/05/2009 20:48, Geoff Lane wrote:
> I can telnet onto the server and run the psql client in a telnet
> session as the user I'm trying to connect as. I suspected I needed to
> tweak the server to permit connections from remote clients but had no
> idea how to do that other than set listen_addresses = '*' in
Yes, that's exactly it - it listens only on localhost out of the box.
> postgresql.conf. Having done that, I got another error message telling
> me there wasn't an entry in pg_hba.conf. So to that file, I added the
> line:
That trips most people new to Postgres. :-)
> host all all 192.168.42.0/24 md5
> and after rebooting the server got the error:
> FATAL: password authentication failed for user "geoff"
> I changed "md5" to "password" and rebooted the server but to no avail.
> However, connection was successful when I changed "password" to
> "trust" - but I'm uneasy about that level of security and would prefer
> full authentication.
Are you supplying the correct username/password combination in the ODBC
connection? - It sounds like this sort of a problem.
Ray.
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