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Connection problem

From
Gunnar
Date:
I'm having problems connecting to my postgresql 7.2.1 running on my Debian
Linux box.

(as root)
$ psql template1 foobar
psql: FATAL 1:  IDENT authentication failed for user "foobar"

Could anybody tell me what the problem is?
The user "foobar" is created with the createuser command without any problem.

Here is the pg_hba.conf

local        all                                           ident sameuser
local        all                  trust

Re: Connection problem

From
"Nick Fankhauser"
Date:
Gunnar-

It looks to me like the two lines in pg_hba conflict, and the first one is
being used. Since you are logged in as root, it looks for "sameuser" on
foobar and doesn't get a match.

Try either logging into linux as foobar or eliminate the first line of
pg_hba.

-Nick

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> Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 2:35 AM
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> Subject: [ADMIN] Connection problem
>
>
> I'm having problems connecting to my postgresql 7.2.1 running on
> my Debian
> Linux box.
>
> (as root)
> $ psql template1 foobar
> psql: FATAL 1:  IDENT authentication failed for user "foobar"
>
> Could anybody tell me what the problem is?
> The user "foobar" is created with the createuser command without
> any problem.
>
> Here is the pg_hba.conf
>
> local        all                                           ident sameuser
> local        all                  trust
>
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Re: Connection problem

From
Ferdinand Smit
Date:
On Sunday 21 April 2002 09:35, Gunnar wrote:
> I'm having problems connecting to my postgresql 7.2.1 running on my Debian
> Linux box.
>
> (as root)
> $ psql template1 foobar
> psql: FATAL 1:  IDENT authentication failed for user "foobar"
>
> Could anybody tell me what the problem is?
> The user "foobar" is created with the createuser command without any
> problem.
>
> Here is the pg_hba.conf
>
> local        all                                           ident sameuser
> local        all                  trust

I think that postgres only uses the first line and that line says that
postgres uses the ident autentication (without a password if the user is the
same). This means that the user MUST exist in the /etc/passwd.
The second line (not used because the first is the same) allows al users
without a password.

So remove the first line or add user to passwd.

Ferdinand