Re: Authentication Failure with pg_pconnect

dash@www.rogue-penguin.com wrote:
> I'm trying to get phpBB (php Bulletin Board System) running on my website
> but it's install program is having problems authenticating with
> postgreSQL.  I've tried to find out why it won't work and have pretty much
> narrowed things down to this one function in the install script.  If the
> following function doesn't seem flawed in any way, does anyone know why
> php my throw this error even though username and password is correct and
> user is logging in from localhost:
>
> ----
>  Warning: pg_connect() [function.pg-connect]: Unable to connect to
> PostgreSQL server: FATAL 1: IDENT authentication failed for user
> "postgres" . in /var/www/html/phpBB2/db/postgres7.php on line 79
> phpBB : Critical Error
>
> Could not connect to the database
> ----
>
> The line 79 it refers to is the line with the pg_pconnect call in the
> following function:
>
> ----
>     var $db_connect_id;
>     var $query_result;
>     var $in_transaction = 0;
>     var $row = array();
>     var $rowset = array();
>     var $rownum = array();
>     var $num_queries = 0;
>
>     //
>     // Constructor
>     //
>     function sql_db($sqlserver, $sqluser, $sqlpassword, $database,
> $persistency = true)
>     {
>         $this->connect_string = "";
>
>         if( $sqluser )
>         {
>             $this->connect_string .= "user=$sqluser ";
>         }
>
>         if( $sqlpassword )
>         {
>             $this->connect_string .= "password=$sqlpassword ";
>         }
>
>         if( $sqlserver )
>         {
>             if( ereg(":", $sqlserver) )
>             {
>                 list($sqlserver, $sqlport) = split(":", $sqlserver);
>                 $this->connect_string .= "host=$sqlserver port=$sqlport ";
>             }
>             else
>             {
>                 if( $sqlserver != "localhost" )
>                 {
>                     $this->connect_string .= "host=$sqlserver ";
>                 }
>             }
>         }
>
>         if( $database )
>         {
>             $this->dbname = $database;
>             $this->connect_string .= "dbname=$database";
>         }
>
>         $this->persistency = $persistency;
>
>         $this->db_connect_id = ( $this->persistency ) ?
> pg_pconnect($this->connect_string) : pg_connect($this->connect_string);
>
>         return ( $this->db_connect_id ) ? $this->db_connect_id : false;
>     }
> ---------
>
>
> PLEASE give me a hand here, at least point me towards people who might
> know more.  I need to figure this out.
>
> A. Leigh
> dash@rogue-penguin.com
>
>
>
>
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have you tried echo $this->connect_string ?

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