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From Devrim GUNDUZ
Subject Re: postgres db deleted and recreated... "No directory,
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Msg-id 1146945305.2432.7.camel@laptop.gunduz.org
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In response to Re: postgres db deleted and recreated... "No directory, logging in with HOME=/" error...  (<operationsengineer1@yahoo.com>)
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Hi,

On Sat, 2006-05-06 at 12:26 -0700, operationsengineer1@yahoo.com wrote:
> user@7[/]$ su root
> Password:
> root@7[/]# psql -U postgres
> psql: FATAL:  Ident authentication failed for user
> "postgres"

Run su - postgres and then psql for ident auth.

See

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/client-authentication.html

about client authentication details.

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