Re: Cannot connect using psql

Problem solved.  I had config files in /etc/ and in /usr/ .  :)

On 10/31/06, Nick Black <nickblack1@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am having difficuilties connected to the postgres server.  I asked
> on IRC, but everyone was stumped, so here we go.
>
> My pg_hba.conf file:
>
> # TYPE  DATABASE    USER        CIDR-ADDRESS          METHOD
>
> # "local" is for Unix domain socket connections only
> local   all         all                               trust
>
> # IPv4 local connections:
> host    all         all         127.0.0.1/32          trust
>
> # IPv6 local connections:
> host    all         all         ::1/128               trust
> host    all         all         10.0.0.0/16           trust
>
> I have postgres users called postgres, nick and osm and unix users
> called nick and postgres.  I created users nick and osm using the
> createuser script.
>
> I can connect to postgres and nick without any problems, but if I try
> to connect to osm, the following happens:
>
> nick@pmdev $ psql -U osm -W -d template1
> Password for user osm:
> psql: FATAL:  Ident authentication failed for user "osm"
>
>
> But ident is not included in the config file, which made me think that
> the file wasnt being read.  So ammended the entry for local to
>
> local  all  all  password
>
> restarted, and was prompted for a password.
>
> I am really confused as to the issue.  I thought that postgres treated
> unix users and postgres users seperately.  It seems strange that I can
> connect using user nick (the name of a unix user and a postgres user).
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Nick
>