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Authentication Problems

From
"Epps, Aaron M."
Date:
Here's my config file...
 
pg_hba.conf
local    all    all    trust
 
PostgreSQL Users...
test=# \du
              List of database users
 User name | User ID |         Attributes
-----------+---------+----------------------------
 aaron     |     100 | superuser, create database
 postgres  |       1 | superuser, create database
 testing   |     101 |
 
Databases...
[aaron@r0070671 aaron]$ psql -l
          List of databases
     Name      |  Owner   | Encoding
---------------+----------+-----------
 aaron         | aaron    | SQL_ASCII
 issue-tracker | aaron    | SQL_ASCII
 template0     | postgres | SQL_ASCII
 template1     | postgres | SQL_ASCII
 test          | aaron    | SQL_ASCII
(5 rows)
 
why when I run the following command does authentication fail (Yes, password is correct)?
 
[aaron@r0070671 aaron]$ psql test -U testing -W
Password:
psql: FATAL:  IDENT authentication failed for user "testing"
 
[aaron@r0070671 aaron]$

Re: Authentication Problems

From
Peter Eisentraut
Date:
Epps, Aaron M. writes:

> pg_hba.conf
> local    all    all    trust

> why when I run the following command does authentication fail (Yes, password is correct)?

You don't need a password in this setup.

> [aaron@r0070671 aaron]$ psql test -U testing -W
> Password:
> psql: FATAL:  IDENT authentication failed for user "testing"

Are you sure you're connecting to the right server?  Did you restart or
HUP the server after you have changed the configuration file?

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Peter Eisentraut   peter_e@gmx.net