Hi, John!
> I think the pg_hba.conf is OK..
> # "local" is for Unix domain socket connections only
> local all all ident sameuser
> # IPv4 local connections:
> host all all ***.*.*.*/** ident sameuser
> # IPv6 local connections:
> host all all ::*/*** ident sameuser
Note that the above configuration will use 'ident sameuser'
authentication for connections via tcp/ip (like the one you're trying
from your webserver). So, your connection will need an OS account
(and no password supplied). That's what your error_log is telling you,
and I'm guessing that the account you're supplying for the connection
is not an OS account, but a Postgres account. If you want to use
Postgres account authentication (e.g. users created via CREATE USER in
Postgres DB), perhaps you should try md5 authentication in your
pg_hba.conf.
More details in
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/interactive/client-authentication.html
Regards.
>
> The error in /var/log/http/error_log is...
> [client ***.***.***.***] PHP Warning: pg_connect() [<a
> href='function.pg-connect'>function.pg-connect</a>]: Unable to connect to
> PostgreSQL server: FATAL: Ident authentication failed for user
> "webuser" in /var/www/html/Lumbribase/pg_name.php on line 17,
> referer: http://zeldia.cap.ed.ac.uk/Lumbribase/search_id.php
>
> and a typical php connection script is...
> $PG_HOST="localhost";
> $PG_PORT=5432;
> $PG_DATABASE="lumbribase";
> $PG_USER="webuser";
> $PG_PASS="";
> $PI=pi();
>
> $dbconn=pg_connect( "dbname=$PG_DATABASE host=$PG_HOST port=$PG_PORT
> user=$PG_USER password=$PG_PASS" );
> if ( ! $dbconn ) {
> echo "Error connecting to the database !<br> " ;
> printf("%s", pg_errormessage( $dbconn ) );
> exit();
> }
>