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From: Terry Fielder <terry@ashtonwoodshomes.com>
To: Bryce Nesbitt <bryce1@obviously.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org, Judith <jaltamirano@correolux.com.mx>
Subject: Re: Authentification failed
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 07:40:27 -0400
Message-ID: <46C194AB.2040802@ashtonwoodshomes.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <46C16837.7020608@obviously.com>
References: <46B0F8C6.3070601@correolux.com.mx>
	<46C16837.7020608@obviously.com>

Connecting as root may be ill advised  (doing stuff as root is a bad 
idea unless one HAS to).

All that notwithstanding, you need to setup the correct permissions to 
allow the connections you want in pg_hba.conf, usually is 
/var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf

Terry

Terry Fielder
terry@greatgulfhomes.com
Associate Director Software Development and Deployment
Great Gulf Homes / Ashton Woods Homes
Fax: (416) 441-9085



Bryce Nesbitt wrote:
> Judith wrote:
>   
>> Hello everybody!!
>>
>> I'm trying in SUSE to connect to a postgres db and this is the error:
>>
>>     Ident Authentification failed for user <<root>>
>>
>> I'm already created the user with createuser root, but the error
>> persist, I would aprecciate some help, thanks in advanced 
>>     
> ...or just cheat and get in as the postgres root user:
>     psql -U postgres
> Which on SUSE has no password.
>
>   

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