Re: [GENERAL] User authentication problem

Guillermo Iglesias wrote:
  >I know that the only  users who can access PostgreSQL are those known to it
  >(listed in pg_shadow) and when psql ask me to enter an username I supply one
  >existing in pg_shadow as 'postgres' but if the user is present in /etc/passw
      >d too,
  >then I get the error. This error doesn't appear when I write an username tha
      >t
  >doesn't exist in /etc/passwd

This is not normal behaviour and I cannot reproduce it.

What version(s) are you running? What operating system?

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