Re: IDENT and pg_hda.conf

On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 23:39:23 -1000,
  Susemail <susemail@hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
> Is this good advice?
>
> IDENT Authentication failed for user "postgres"
>
> This error has everything to do with the way distros set up access rights for
> postgres. They are way too restrictive and leave you wondering what to do
> next.
>
> Do yourself a favour and change authentication type in pg_hba.conf to
>
>  local           all              trust
>
> until you have figured out what all this stuff in pg_hba.conf does. Read about
> the different authentication settings and change them as you see fit. It is
> all described in detail in pg_hba.conf

If only trusted users have access to the server, this is a reasonable way
to start off while learning things. Generally using ident for local access
is the way to go unless you are using OS where it doesn't work.