Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 13:38:47 -0500
From: Robert Treat <xzilla@users.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: ident authentication
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Cc: Shilpa Sudhakar <ssudhakar@internode.com.au>
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On Friday 21 November 2008 00:56:53 Shilpa Sudhakar wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to test different kinds of authentication in postgres.
>
> I'm to find a efficient way to link the OS user with the postgres user.
> This is to help for auditing purpose. This is similar to the query
> raised by another postgres user.
>
> As suggested by Tom to use ident, i tried setting up ident but it isn't
> working.
>
> In the hba.conf file, i add the below entry
>
> local     all     all      ident       sameuser
>

did you reload the file after modifying it? 

> The user logged in at OS level is "abc".  I created a user "abc" in
> postgres but when i do "psql -U abc -d dbname", i get the below error:
>
> FATAL: Ident authentication failed for user "abc"
>

What error do you get if you do "psql -d dbname" ? 

> Should i put an entry in pg_ident.conf file?
>
> Is using ident still the right way to go? Is LDAP a better option
> because when we login to the server, we login with our LDAP username and
> password.
>
> Thanks and Regards,
> Shilpa

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