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Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:48:15 +0200
From: "Jehan-Guillaume (ioguix) de Rorthais" <ioguix@free.fr>
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To: Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Unable to login with phppgadmin on a remote host
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On 18/08/2011 15:37, Tom Browder wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 07:37, Jehan-Guillaume (ioguix) de Rorthais
> <ioguix@free.fr> wrote:
>> On 18/08/2011 13:54, Tom Browder wrote:
>>> On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 05:40,  (ioguix) de Rorthais <ioguix@free.fr> wrote:
>>>> On 18/08/2011 01:20, Tom Browder wrote:
> ...
>>>>> However, I cannot successfully login with phppgadmin on the remote host.
>>>>>
>>>>> I always get "login failed" whether I use myuser or postgres.
>>>>
>>>> Do you have errors in your postgresql log files about this connections
>>>> attempts ?
>>>
>>> No, only some sql errors from an early user creation.
>> You should have some FATAL or ERROR entries about your attempts to
>> connect. That means phpPgAdmin doesn't even reach PostgreSQL.
> ...
>>>> Please, show us your full pg_hba.conf (without comments and public IP
>>>> address).
>>>
>>> My pg_hba.conf:
>>>
>>> local  all            all                                     md5
>>> host  all             all             127.0.0.1/32            md5
>>> host  all             all             ::1/128                 md5
>>> host  all             admin        xx.xxx.xxx.xx/32         md5
>>> host  all             postgres       xx.xxx.xxx.xx/32         md5
>>
>> sounds good.
>> That means that you did set a password to user postgres ? did you try to
>> login with the following commands using your own system user (not postgres):
>>
>>  psql postgres postgres
> 
> That exact command works.
> 
> (Note that I am logged in via ssh onto the remote postgresql host as
> my normal system user 'tom'.)
> 
>>  psql -h 127.0.0.1 postgres myuser
> 
> That exact command works.

make sure you can connect to the "$conf['servers'][0]['defaultdb']"
using myuser:

  psql -h 127.0.0.1 template1 myuser

Then, it should work with the following line in your
"conf/config.inc.php" using user myuser:

  $conf['servers'][0]['host'] = '127.0.0.1';

> 
>> first one use unix socket, second one inet.
> 
> Is there a possibility my postgresql.conf file needs changing to get
> good logging?  I originally changed no defaults and my system
> postgresql start file puts all info into "server.log" in $PGDATA.
> 
> This morning I changed one line in that conf file (and then did a reload):
> 
> #logging_collector = off                # Enable capturing of stderr and csvlog
> logging_collector = on          # Enable capturing of stderr and csvlog

with
  * log_destination = 'stderr'
  * logging_collector = on

You will find your log file in the folder defined in "log_directory"
with name set in parameter "log_filename".

> 
> I also checked /var/log/auth.log and see no  evidence of login
> attempts from my two postgres users except vial local logins.
> 
> Thanks, Jehan-Guillaume.
> 
> -Tom