From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: "David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>
cc: David Hillman <david@kapitaltrading.com>,
        PostgreSQL mailing lists <pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: BUG #17249: Bug in .pgpass search and/or documentation thereof,
 Ubuntu 13.4-4
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"David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com> writes:
> Your original email demonstrates that, absent -h localhost, psql is looking
> for and finding a local socket and thus the first matching entry is a
> "local" one which does not require password entry because it is set for
> "peer".  This is working as intended.

Indeed.  If you don't like the results you're getting, you need to go
adjust your pg_hba.conf file.  Right now, you've got it set to apply
different authentication rules for Unix-socket and localhost connections,
and you apparently don't want that.

			regards, tom lane