The Problem is, that your WEB-Server (executing the Perl-script) tries to
connect to the Postgres-Server with his Username ("nobody").

Under Postgres, create the user "nobody", give him all the rights he need
and it should work.

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Ilhuicatzi Cortes J. Henry 
An: fischl@gmx.de 
Datum: Donnerstag, 13. Mai 1999 00:06


>Hi :
>
>  Im trying to run this CGI.
>
>#!/usr/bin/perl -w
>
>use Pg;
>
>
>print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
>
>$database = "henric";
>$server = "iris1.ingenieria.uatx.mx";
>$conn = Pg::setdb($server,5432,'','',$database);
>$namedb = $conn->db;
>$error = $conn->errorMessage;
>
>print <
>Resultados de Postgres
>
>
Hola mundo
> Conectado a la base de datos: $namedb

>EOF
>
>if ($error ne '') {
>   print "ERROR: ", $error;
>   print "\n";
>   exit 1;
>  }
>
>print"Hasta aqui todo esta bien!!";
>print qq (
>
>);
>
>
> When type perl conexion.cgi  i get the next result.
>
>iris1% perl conexion.cgi
>Content-type: text/html
>
>
>Resultados de Postgres
>
> Conectado a la base de datos: henric

>Hasta aqui todo esta bien!!
>
>iris1%
>
> I think that all it's O.K and then i try to run it in a browser and i
>get the next result.
>
>Conectado a la base de datos: henric
>ERROR: FATAL 1: SetUserId: user 'nobody' is not in 'pg_shadow'
>
>
>  What's wrong?
>
>
> Im using Pg in the new Style.
>
>
>Atte.
>Henry Ilhuicatzi Cortes
>Departamento de Ingenieria y Tecnologia
>Universidad Autonoma de Tlaxcala
>Mexico.
>