On Fri, Mar 21, 2003 at 16:44:07 +0530,
DEEPANSHU GARG <deepanshu.garg@tatainfotech.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> We have a problem when logging in postgresql.
> We are setting the user id and password using Create User command.
> Now when we login the postgresql using
> $psql -U username databasename
> it does'nt prompt for the password but connects to the database.
> The password is correctly set and we examined the pg_shadow table also
> where it has been stored in the encrypted format. Please help us with
> this.
>
> Also when we log in the Psql with the small -u option it shows the option
> is deprecated , use -U option , prompts for the user id and passsword but
> never validates the password.
>
> If someone else has faced this problem please help us out. This is very
> ugently required.
Can you show us pg_hba.conf?
Most likely you are using trust as the authentication method.
