2009/10/15 A. Kretschmer <andreas.kretschmer@schollglas.com>:
>>
>> The pg_hba.conf is probably relevant here, so this is the setup:
>>
>> # TYPE DATABASE USER CIDR-ADDRESS METHOD
>>
>> # "local" is for Unix domain socket connections only
>> local all all trust
>> # IPv4 local connections:
>> host all all 127.0.0.1/32 trust
>> # IPv6 local connections:
>> host all all ::1/128 trust
>
> Try to change trust to sameuser.
>
I've made that change, but now PostgreSQL won't start, and outputs the
following error in the log:
2009-10-15 11:52:41 BST [18720]: [2-1] CONTEXT: line 74 of
configuration file "/var/lib/postgresql/8.4/data/pg_hba.conf"
2009-10-15 11:52:41 BST [18720]: [3-1] LOG: invalid authentication
method "sameuser
