Thread: ident auth not working on 7.3.1

I can't get ident auth to work on 7.3.1. I'm using Linux 2.4 (RedHat 7.3).

     [postgres@calvin data]$ unset PGDATABASE PGHOST PGPORT PGUSER
     [postgres@calvin data]$ killall -HUP postmaster
     [postgres@calvin data]$ egrep '^[^#]' pg_hba.conf
     local all all trust
     [postgres@calvin data]$ psql template1
     Welcome to psql 7.3.1, the PostgreSQL interactive terminal.

     Type:  \copyright for distribution terms
            \h for help with SQL commands
            \? for help on internal slash commands
            \g or terminate with semicolon to execute query
            \q to quit

     template1=# \q
     [postgres@calvin data]$ vim pg_hba.conf
     [postgres@calvin data]$ killall -HUP postmaster
     [postgres@calvin data]$ egrep '^[^#]' pg_hba.conf
     local all all ident
     [postgres@calvin slamb]$ id
     uid=26(postgres) gid=26(postgres) groups=26(postgres)
     [postgres@calvin slamb]$ psql template1
     psql: FATAL:  IDENT authentication failed for user "postgres"

What could cause this?

Thanks,
Scott

On Sun, 2002-12-22 at 21:45, Scott Lamb wrote:
> I can't get ident auth to work on 7.3.1. I'm using Linux 2.4 (RedHat 7.3).

>      [postgres@calvin data]$ egrep '^[^#]' pg_hba.conf
>      local all all ident
                           ^^^^^^^^
missing parameter, e.g., sameuser


>      [postgres@calvin slamb]$ id
>      uid=26(postgres) gid=26(postgres) groups=26(postgres)
>      [postgres@calvin slamb]$ psql template1
>      psql: FATAL:  IDENT authentication failed for user "postgres"
>
> What could cause this?

You haven't added the map parameter after "ident".  Try "ident
sameuser", so that anyone can connect to PostgreSQL using his Unix login
(provided that he has also been created as a PostgreSQL user).

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Oliver Elphick wrote:
> On Sun, 2002-12-22 at 21:45, Scott Lamb wrote:
>
>>I can't get ident auth to work on 7.3.1. I'm using Linux 2.4 (RedHat 7.3).
>
>
>>     [postgres@calvin data]$ egrep '^[^#]' pg_hba.conf
>>     local all all ident
>
>                            ^^^^^^^^
> missing parameter, e.g., sameuser

Yup, that was it. Thanks for the help. I'll run off now to feel stupid
for going from memory and not the docs.

Thanks,
Scott