Re: Can't connect to postgresql using 'psql -d database -U user -W' - Mailing list pgsql-general

In article <1136446265.206388.6610@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
ctobini <ctemp2@free.fr> wrote:

>tobini% psql -d template1 -U postgres -W
>password: postgres
>psql: FATAL:  IDENT authentication failed for user "postgres"
>
>Do you have an idea about this problem ?

Use the su command to become user postgres and then run the
psql command.