PostgreSQL Bugs List wrote:
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> Description: PHP connection
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> Details:
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> The error report is :
> FATEL: IDENT authentication failed for user "postgres"
> I am a new user. pls help me....
You should update the access permissions in you pg_hba.conf file.
Details are in the manuals.
I recommend you subscribe to the novice mailing list (details at
http://www.postgresql.org/lists.html) - lots of good help there.
HTH
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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd