Re: Peer authentication failed ??? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Amn Ojee Uw
Subject Re: Peer authentication failed ???
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Msg-id 1df2db82-132d-9225-5bc6-07d67f359c05@gmail.com
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In response to Re: Peer authentication failed ???  ("Peter J. Holzer" <hjp-pgsql@hjp.at>)
List pgsql-general
Yes!
Thanks so much it worked!

On 10/3/23 9:37 a.m., Peter J. Holzer wrote:
> On 2023-10-03 05:55:51 -0400, Amn Ojee Uw wrote:
>> psql -U my_group_worker -d my_group_db
>>
>> psql: error: connection to server on socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432"
>> failed: FATAL:  Peer authentication failed for user "my_group_worker"
>>
>> *** What am I doing wrong?
> PostgreSQL uses the first matching rule from pg_hba.conf. Presumably
> (because that's the default on Debian/Ubuntu) you have it set up to use
> peer authentication on the unix socket and password authentication
> (scram or md5) on everything else.
>
> You are connecting via the Unix socket (/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432),
> so the server will attempt peer authentication and nothing else. To get
> it to attempt password authentication connect via a tcp socket:
>
> psql -U my_group_worker -h localhost -d my_group_db
>
> (More conveniently set up ident authentication for your users, then you
> don't need a password.)
>
>          hp
>



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