Re: Debian Package problems

Roberto Mello wrote: >On Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 09:00:45AM -0600, Roberto Mello wrote: > >>     If I try to connect
throughpsql, it asks me for the password again. >> It looks like it's using password auth instead of ident auth, which
used>> to be the default. >>     There's nothing pointed in the packages web pages, a caveat or >> anything. I've
looked.> >    Okay, I feel dumb now.  >    It looks like Oliver Elphick (the package maintainer) changed the >default
authenticationmethods. Before local users were "trust" now they >are "password".  >    Thing is, if it's password, how
doyou know the password for user >postgres? >    This (a note) should be in the package pages, or at least told the
user    >  >during upgrade.
 
Noted.


If you do
export PGHOST=localhost

you will be able to connect without a password, using the default method.
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