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* problem with the postgres db user @ 2011-09-26 23:52 Kasia Tuszynska <ktuszynska@esri.com> 0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread From: Kasia Tuszynska @ 2011-09-26 23:52 UTC (permalink / raw) To: pgsql-admin Hi Everybody, Am running into a problem with the following scenario: I am not able to login as the db postgres user, on Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) Postgres 9.0.4 Postgres was installed with rpm for ubuntu The password for the postgres user was set after installation I am able to su to the postgres user with that password I am able to start psql as the os postgres user But If I am logged in as anyone else and try: pgsql -U postgres and use the password - I get the following error: Psql: FATAL: Ident authentication failed for user "postgers" I tried altering the password for the postgres user, with: ALTER USER postgres WITH ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'password' It tells me that it is successful. But I am still not able to use the new password. pg_hba.conf, has no restriction on the postgres user, if fact it has no restriction on anyone: host all all 0.0.0.0/0 md5 What am I missing? Thanks, Kasia ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 2+ messages in thread
* Re: problem with the postgres db user @ 2011-09-27 00:54 Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> parent: Kasia Tuszynska <ktuszynska@esri.com> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread From: Tom Lane @ 2011-09-27 00:54 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Kasia Tuszynska <ktuszynska@esri.com>; +Cc: pgsql-admin Kasia Tuszynska <ktuszynska@esri.com> writes: > If I am logged in as anyone else and try: pgsql -U postgres and use the password - I get the following error: > Psql: FATAL: Ident authentication failed for user "postgers" That's what's supposed to happen, if you're using ident authentication. If you want to be able to log in under someone else's name, you need to use some other auth method, such as md5. > pg_hba.conf, has no restriction on the postgres user, if fact it has no restriction on anyone: > host all all 0.0.0.0/0 md5 It is not using that pg_hba entry; if it were, you'd not be getting that error message. Likely theories are that the connection is coming in via Unix socket not TCP (you need to fix the "local" line), or that you forgot to SIGHUP the postmaster after editing the file, or that there's some earlier entry in the file that's capturing these connection attempts. regards, tom lane ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 2+ messages in thread
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