Re: pg_hba.conf settings for postgres

Teju Jakkidi vlogs <teja.jakkidi05@gmail.com> writes:
> Our expectation is that - when logging as postgres user from local host,
> it should not prompt for the password as we have local for postgres set to
> trust and loopback is set to trust.
> However, when running psql as postgres user from the local host, it is
> still asking for the password.

> Adding below lines in  pg_hba.conf file is working as expected:
> host     all           postgres       Local IP/32            trust

So psql is connecting to the "local IP", not to the loopback address.
This is probably a matter of DNS configuration, but since you didn't
show us the exact command, it's hard to say more than that.

            regards, tom lane