Re: I can't seem to put the right combination of magic into the pg_hba and pg_ident files. - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tim Uckun
Subject Re: I can't seem to put the right combination of magic into the pg_hba and pg_ident files.
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Msg-id 855e4dcf0911091218o55a2f3c6x2f692cab114d31b7@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: I can't seem to put the right combination of magic into the pg_hba and pg_ident files.  ("Daniel Verite" <daniel@manitou-mail.org>)
Responses Re: I can't seem to put the right combination of magic into the pg_hba and pg_ident files.  ("Daniel Verite" <daniel@manitou-mail.org>)
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> But afterwards, inside the script, you could use su to temporarily switch to
> a less priviledged user:
>
> ... commands running as root
> su postgres -c 'psql ....'  # running as postgres
> ... running as root again


OK I will try this.

I am very confused about something though. Not one person here has
said anything about how pg_ident works or what I did wrong.  Is
pg_ident deprecated? Is there no way to accomplish this with pg_ident?
 Why has everybody suggested either I don't do what I want/need to do
or that I should do it via the su mechanism?

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