Tony Caduto <tony_caduto@amsoftwaredesign.com> writes:
> I just tried this from the command line and it let me right in:
> psql template1 -U postgres
> Didn't ask for a password or anything, and the localhost entry in
> pg_hba.conf is also set for md5.
You sure you restarted the postmaster (or did pg_ctl reload) after
changing the pg_hba.conf file? Is it possible there's another
postmaster on the machine that's the one you're actually connecting to?
Also, since you evidently did not show us all of pg_hba.conf the first
time, let's see it all.
regards, tom lane
