Thread: Authentication Failure with pg_pconnect
I'm trying to get phpBB (php Bulletin Board System) running on my website
but it's install program is having problems authenticating with
postgreSQL. I've tried to find out why it won't work and have pretty much
narrowed things down to this one function in the install script. If the
following function doesn't seem flawed in any way, does anyone know why
php my throw this error even though username and password is correct and
user is logging in from localhost:
----
Warning: pg_connect() [function.pg-connect]: Unable to connect to
PostgreSQL server: FATAL 1: IDENT authentication failed for user
"postgres" . in /var/www/html/phpBB2/db/postgres7.php on line 79
phpBB : Critical Error
Could not connect to the database
----
The line 79 it refers to is the line with the pg_pconnect call in the
following function:
----
var $db_connect_id;
var $query_result;
var $in_transaction = 0;
var $row = array();
var $rowset = array();
var $rownum = array();
var $num_queries = 0;
//
// Constructor
//
function sql_db($sqlserver, $sqluser, $sqlpassword, $database,
$persistency = true)
{
$this->connect_string = "";
if( $sqluser )
{
$this->connect_string .= "user=$sqluser ";
}
if( $sqlpassword )
{
$this->connect_string .= "password=$sqlpassword ";
}
if( $sqlserver )
{
if( ereg(":", $sqlserver) )
{
list($sqlserver, $sqlport) = split(":", $sqlserver);
$this->connect_string .= "host=$sqlserver port=$sqlport ";
}
else
{
if( $sqlserver != "localhost" )
{
$this->connect_string .= "host=$sqlserver ";
}
}
}
if( $database )
{
$this->dbname = $database;
$this->connect_string .= "dbname=$database";
}
$this->persistency = $persistency;
$this->db_connect_id = ( $this->persistency ) ?
pg_pconnect($this->connect_string) : pg_connect($this->connect_string);
return ( $this->db_connect_id ) ? $this->db_connect_id : false;
}
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PLEASE give me a hand here, at least point me towards people who might
know more. I need to figure this out.
A. Leigh
dash@rogue-penguin.com
this doc has something for you in the "notes" section. http://www.edoceo.com/liberum/?doc=postgresql ----- Original Message ----- From: <dash@melchior.rogue-penguin.com> To: <pgsql-php@postgresql.org> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 10:30 Subject: [PHP] Authentication Failure with pg_pconnect > I'm trying to get phpBB (php Bulletin Board System) running on my website > but it's install program is having problems authenticating with > postgreSQL. I've tried to find out why it won't work and have pretty much > narrowed things down to this one function in the install script. If the > following function doesn't seem flawed in any way, does anyone know why > php my throw this error even though username and password is correct and > user is logging in from localhost: > > ---- > Warning: pg_connect() [function.pg-connect]: Unable to connect to > PostgreSQL server: FATAL 1: IDENT authentication failed for user > "postgres" . in /var/www/html/phpBB2/db/postgres7.php on line 79 > phpBB : Critical Error > > Could not connect to the database > ---- > > The line 79 it refers to is the line with the pg_pconnect call in the > following function: > > ---- > var $db_connect_id; > var $query_result; > var $in_transaction = 0; > var $row = array(); > var $rowset = array(); > var $rownum = array(); > var $num_queries = 0; > > // > // Constructor > // > function sql_db($sqlserver, $sqluser, $sqlpassword, $database, > $persistency = true) > { > $this->connect_string = ""; > > if( $sqluser ) > { > $this->connect_string .= "user=$sqluser "; > } > > if( $sqlpassword ) > { > $this->connect_string .= "password=$sqlpassword "; > } > > if( $sqlserver ) > { > if( ereg(":", $sqlserver) ) > { > list($sqlserver, $sqlport) = split(":", $sqlserver); > $this->connect_string .= "host=$sqlserver port=$sqlport "; > } > else > { > if( $sqlserver != "localhost" ) > { > $this->connect_string .= "host=$sqlserver "; > } > } > } > > if( $database ) > { > $this->dbname = $database; > $this->connect_string .= "dbname=$database"; > } > > $this->persistency = $persistency; > > $this->db_connect_id = ( $this->persistency ) ? > pg_pconnect($this->connect_string) : pg_connect($this->connect_string); > > return ( $this->db_connect_id ) ? $this->db_connect_id : false; > } > --------- > > > PLEASE give me a hand here, at least point me towards people who might > know more. I need to figure this out. > > A. Leigh > dash@rogue-penguin.com > > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command > (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to majordomo@postgresql.org)
dash@www.rogue-penguin.com wrote:
> I'm trying to get phpBB (php Bulletin Board System) running on my website
> but it's install program is having problems authenticating with
> postgreSQL. I've tried to find out why it won't work and have pretty much
> narrowed things down to this one function in the install script. If the
> following function doesn't seem flawed in any way, does anyone know why
> php my throw this error even though username and password is correct and
> user is logging in from localhost:
>
> ----
> Warning: pg_connect() [function.pg-connect]: Unable to connect to
> PostgreSQL server: FATAL 1: IDENT authentication failed for user
> "postgres" . in /var/www/html/phpBB2/db/postgres7.php on line 79
> phpBB : Critical Error
>
> Could not connect to the database
> ----
>
> The line 79 it refers to is the line with the pg_pconnect call in the
> following function:
>
> ----
> var $db_connect_id;
> var $query_result;
> var $in_transaction = 0;
> var $row = array();
> var $rowset = array();
> var $rownum = array();
> var $num_queries = 0;
>
> //
> // Constructor
> //
> function sql_db($sqlserver, $sqluser, $sqlpassword, $database,
> $persistency = true)
> {
> $this->connect_string = "";
>
> if( $sqluser )
> {
> $this->connect_string .= "user=$sqluser ";
> }
>
> if( $sqlpassword )
> {
> $this->connect_string .= "password=$sqlpassword ";
> }
>
> if( $sqlserver )
> {
> if( ereg(":", $sqlserver) )
> {
> list($sqlserver, $sqlport) = split(":", $sqlserver);
> $this->connect_string .= "host=$sqlserver port=$sqlport ";
> }
> else
> {
> if( $sqlserver != "localhost" )
> {
> $this->connect_string .= "host=$sqlserver ";
> }
> }
> }
>
> if( $database )
> {
> $this->dbname = $database;
> $this->connect_string .= "dbname=$database";
> }
>
> $this->persistency = $persistency;
>
> $this->db_connect_id = ( $this->persistency ) ?
> pg_pconnect($this->connect_string) : pg_connect($this->connect_string);
>
> return ( $this->db_connect_id ) ? $this->db_connect_id : false;
> }
> ---------
>
>
> PLEASE give me a hand here, at least point me towards people who might
> know more. I need to figure this out.
>
> A. Leigh
> dash@rogue-penguin.com
>
>
>
>
> ---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------
> TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command
> (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to majordomo@postgresql.org)
>
have you tried echo $this->connect_string ?
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On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 dash@melchior.rogue-penguin.com wrote: > I'm trying to get phpBB (php Bulletin Board System) running on my website > but it's install program is having problems authenticating with > postgreSQL. I've tried to find out why it won't work and have pretty much > narrowed things down to this one function in the install script. If the > following function doesn't seem flawed in any way, does anyone know why > php my throw this error even though username and password is correct and > user is logging in from localhost: > > ---- > Warning: pg_connect() [function.pg-connect]: Unable to connect to > PostgreSQL server: FATAL 1: IDENT authentication failed for user > "postgres" . in /var/www/html/phpBB2/db/postgres7.php on line 79 > phpBB : Critical Error Stop, do not pass go, do not collect $200.00 Note the error is that "IDENT authentication failed" Look up ident authentication: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.3/static/auth-methods.html#AUTH-IDENT Note that the username of the client (in this case, likely either httpd or nobody) is what postgresql inspects. your connection string doesn't matter since postgresql is now looking for a user account by the name of whatever user your web server runs under. http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.3/static/auth-methods.html tells us the ways to authenticate, and you're likely looking at using trust, password, md5. md5 is a good choice, or, if no one else will be writing apps on the machine, trust is fast, but there's no actual authentication going on with that method.
On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 09:50:33 -0600, "scott.marlowe" <scott.marlowe@ihs.com> wrote: > > Note that the username of the client (in this case, likely either httpd or > nobody) is what postgresql inspects. your connection string doesn't > matter since postgresql is now looking for a user account by the name of > whatever user your web server runs under. This isn't exactly true. The id given in the connection string is the one that is to be used for the postgres connection. The username of the client is checked to see if it is an allowed system user for the postgres user. It is common to force them to match, but other options are possible.