Re: upgrading postgresql from 7.2 to 7.3, getting error

thank you that worked :)

Tom Lane wrote:

>Adam Williams <awilliam@mdah.state.ms.us> writes:
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>>Hi, as my title states I'm trying to upgrade from 7.2 to 7.3 on redhat
>>linux 9.  I've been following the documentation instructions on the
>>website but ran into problems.  I searched on google but could not find
>>my answer.  On postgresql as user postgres I ran the command pg_dumpall
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>>>>sroom1 and then after installing 7.3 I ran psql template1 < sroom1
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>>but when I run that after a bunch of grants, revokes, etc, it prints the
>>error:
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>>\connect: FATAL 1: IDENT authentication failed for user "jtate"
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>Your best bet is to switch the authentication mode to "trust" for long
>enough to load the dump file.  7.2's pg_dump tends to use
>"\connect - otheruser" to switch object ownership, and this will not
>work when you are using IDENT authorization.
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>            regards, tom lane
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