http://www.postgresql.org/docs/view.php?version=7.3&idoc=1&file=client-authentication.html#AUTH-PG-HBA-CONF
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/view.php?version=7.3&idoc=1&file=auth-methods.html#AUTH-IDENT
Robert Treat
On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 17:43, Carlos Bergero wrote:
> Hi list,
> I'm running Debian Woody with postgresql 7.2 to suport the web mail
> horde/imp. The problem is that today at a sertein moment the web mail
> start refiusing conections to the server guiving an login error message.
> As far as now i check the apache-ssl the horde and the imp configuration
> and all seams to be correct so i'm traying out the postgress config. I
> found that the server was running aparently find but couldnt tell any
> more apart from that. I need some help to check if the users are right
> and could connect to the database and if they have the correct settings
> and passwds. I'm acostume to work under MySQL and there you could see
> the users by displaying a particular table. As i dont have much
> expirience in postgresql i cant figure out how to do the same. As far
> as I had read the docs there is no similar structures in postgresql, nor
> could i found any command to perform the task. When i try to connect to
> the server with
>
> #psql horde hordemgr
>
> I recive the following message
>
> psql:FATAL 1: IDENT authentication failed for user "hordemgr"
>
> That leads me to the posibility of having something wrong with the
> database. But i lack the tools to check it.
> If anyone could lead me in the trail I would be most thankfull
>
> Cheers,
> rak
