Re: PostgreSQL Qs

On Wed, 7 May 2003 mallah@trade-india.com wrote:

> Hi ,
>
> shudn't  "host" lines in pg_hba.conf be in format
> host         database    user    ip mask   method
>
> in lines below u missed the user part:
>
> > host         all         127.0.0.1     255.0.0.0           md5
> > host         dbname      0.0.0.0       255.255.255.255     md5

I don't believe so.   From the pg_hba.conf docs:

# host
# ----
#
# This record identifies networked hosts that are permitted to connect
# via IP connections.
#
# Format:
#
#   host  DBNAME  IP_ADDRESS  ADDRESS_MASK  AUTH_TYPE  [AUTH_ARGUMENT]

I ended up solving the problem however.  With a colleague offering
thoughts, we determined that there is a system table named pg_shadow that
contains the usernames and passwords.   Didn't see that in the docs (I was
thinking a file named pg_shadow would be magically created somewhere...).
Next, I'd done two things wrong with the alter user command - first, I put
quotes around the username and password.  Apparently, just the password
needs 'em.  Next, I omitted the trailing ; and failed to notice the very
subtle change in the command prompt that indicated it was waiting for
input.

Off now to get myself further in trouble with the beast!  :) Thanks for
the responses!

Cheers!
Jon

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