Re: Client Authentication

Hi,

May be you should use the program

/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_passwd your_password_file

It will ask you to fill in names and passwds and make an encrypted file of it

Tuan

Gtrica wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
> I'm trying to configure Postgress to allow restricted access to database.
> I inserted in the file pg_hba.conf the following line:
> local   primo
> password   ./pass
>
> the file pass in directory  "data" contains the line "giuseppe:gitrica"
> when I connect using "psql primo giuseppe" I'm asked to insert the password
> but it tells
> "Password authentication failed for user 'giuseppe' "
>
> Giuseppe
>
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