Re: No pg_hba.conf entry for host localhost (was: Re: - Mailing list pgsql-general

Hi,
I am not sure but have you tried adding to your pg_hosts.conf
the following form:

#local      DATABASE  USER  METHOD  [OPTION]
 local       MYDB      otis  md5

Cheers!

Dexter Tad-y

On Wed, 2004-03-24 at 18:37, ogjunk-pg@yahoo.com wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Thank you - this morning I managed to create both a DB user and a DB.
>
> However, I am still puzzled by this error that I am getting now:
>
> [otis]$ psql MYDB
> psql: FATAL:  No pg_hba.conf entry for host localhost, user otis,
> database MYDB
>
> On the other hand, "psql -h 127.0.0.1 MYDB" works!
>
> Here is the relevant data:
>
> # pg_hba.conf (entering 'localhost' instead of 127.0.0.1 doesn't work)
> host    MYDB otis    127.0.0.1       255.255.255.0   md5
>
> $ grep localhost /etc/hosts
> 127.0.0.1        localhost.localdomain localhost
>
> $ hostname -i
> MY.IP.IS.HERE (real, external IP, not 127....)
>
>
> All I am trying to do is this:
>
> - Don't allow external connections
>   (got firewall, too, but multiple layers of security shouldn't hurt)
> - Require even the local client to use username/password
>   authentication with md5
>
> Thanks,
> Otis
>
>
> --- "Nigel J. Andrews" <nandrews@investsystems.co.uk> wrote:
> > On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 ogjunk-pg@yahoo.com wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I have created PostgreSQL databases and users a number of times,
> > but
> > > I'm having trouble with that on a new server with Postgresql 7.3.4.
> > >
> > > I am trying to create a DB user (createuser) and a database itself
> > > (createdb):
> > >
> > > bash-2.05b$ whoami
> > > postgres
> > >
> > > bash-2.05b$ tail -5 ~postgres/data/pg_hba.conf
> > > host    all     all     MY.IP.IS.HERE   255.255.255.255 md5
> > >
> > > bash-2.05b$ createuser -h MY.IP.IS.HERE otis
> > > Shall the new user be allowed to create databases? (y/n) n
> > > Shall the new user be allowed to create more new users? (y/n) n
> > > Password:
> > > psql: FATAL:  Password authentication failed for user "postgres"
> > >
> > > createuser: creation of user "otis" failed
> > >
> > > -- Question: what password am I supposed to enter here?
> > > -- I suppose it's the postgres user's _DB_ password - but how do I
> > know
> > > what it is?  I didn't set it.
> >
> > Well you need to connect as a user with create user priviledges, i.e.
> > a db
> > superuser, in order to create your new user. If there isn't such a
> > user you
> > know the password for you'll have to ask the dba to do it for you.
> >
> > If you are the dba then you must already know the postgres password.
> > If you
> > have forgotten the password temporarily change md5 to trust in the
> > pg_hba.conf
> > file, restart the server and change the superusers password to a new
> > one. Don't
> > forget to restart the server after changing the pg_hba.conf entry
> > back to md5.
> >
> > Alternatively, check that the localhost entry isn't already set to
> > trust and
> > just don't specify the server ip address for the commands. If it
> > isn't set to
> > trust already do the md5 --> trust --> md5 thing with that entry
> > instead of the
> > one above. (From the use of MY.IP.IS.HERE in your snippets I presume
> > you are
> > running these utilities on the same system as the server is running).
> >
> >
> > >
> > > bash-2.05b$ createdb -h MY.IP.IS.HERE simpydev
> > > Password:
> > > psql: FATAL:  Password authentication failed for user "postgres"
> > >
> > > createdb: database creation failed
> > >
> > > -- Question: what password am I supposed to enter here?
> >
> > Same as for createuser
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > > Otis
> >
>
>
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