Re: trouble connecting to Postgresql Database via apache-perl script on localhost ? pg_hba.conf issue

Hi i also enabled
tcpip_socket = true
in the postgresql.conf file as well, and did a pg_ctl reload or pg_ctl
stop/pg_ctl start to no avail :(.
i am running redhat 7.3 with the default postgresql install of
postgresql-7.2.1-5.

thank you
mitchell
On Tuesday 08 April 2003 03:11 am, you wrote:
> Hi,
> I am trying to do simple adminstration tasks on a postgresql database on
> the localhost via my apache server and a cgi-perlscript.
> The perlscript by itself works fine and connects to the database as
> the user "wustl". It uses Perl DBI to talk to the database.
> But it wont work with apache i get error messages on my pg database
> such as
>
> bash-2.05a$
> FATAL 1:  IDENT authentication failed for user "nobody"
>
> or
>
> FATAL 1:  IDENT authentication failed for user "wustl"
> pg_ctl s
>
> whether i use the name "wustl" (the creator of the database) or
> "nobody" (in a fit of hubris and insanity i tried ot let "nobody" be a
> superuser on postgresql
>
> I cant figure out how to set up the pg_hba.conf file to work.
> I have tried using the settings
>
> #####
> local   all     ident   sameuser
> host    all     127.0.0.1       255.255.255.255 trust
> #######
>
> or
>
> #########
> local   all     ident   sameuser
> host    all     127.0.0.1       255.255.255.255  ident sameuser
>
> #######
>
> the connection string of my perlscript was
>
> my $conn = DBI->connect
>     ("DBI:Pg:dbname=LTA_IDB","wustl","")
>    or die("Cannot connect: $DBI::errstr");
>  $patname = $conn->quote( $patname);
>
> or
>
> my $conn = DBI->connect
>     ("DBI:Pg:dbname=LTA_IDB","nobody","")
>    or die("Cannot connect: $DBI::errstr");
>  $patname = $conn->quote( $patname);
>
> depending upon my try.
>
> thanks
>
> Mitchell Laks
>
>
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