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From Kumar
Subject psql: FATAL 1: IDENT authentication failed for user error - Urgent pls
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Dear Friends,
 
I have installed Linux Fedore and wanted to work with the default installed postgres 7.3.4 database.
 
I could able to create to create user, but while try to connect, I got the following error message
psql: FATAL 1: IDENT authentication failed for user
 
My pg_hba.conf file looks like below
 
# TYPE  DATABASE    USER        IP-ADDRESS        IP-MASK           METHOD
 
local   all         all                                             trust
host all     all  192.168.2.0   255.255.255.0     trust
I couldnt understand why. Please shed some light

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