Re: md5 doesn't work (Was Re: Pet Peeves?)

On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 12:41 PM, rhubbell <Rhubbell@ihubbell.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:34:00 -0800 (PST)
> Jeff Frost <jeff@frostconsultingllc.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 29 Jan 2009, rhubbell wrote:
>>
>> > Umm, because md5 doesn't work and trust does work.
>>
>> Generally this is because you haven't yet set a password for the postgres
>> user.  You have to set a password for at least the postgres user via ALTER
>> ROLE while you've still got it set to trust or ident before changing to md5.
>
> Yeah, yeah, did all that, didn't work. Sorry, still a "Pet Peeve". (^;
> While you mention it, another "Pet Peeve" was the use of ident. Yikes.

So, maybe you could tell us what "didn't work" means in a more
expanded manner, along with things like error messages?  md5 works a
charm for me, and it has since it came out, so I'm wondering what's so
different in your setup that it doesn't.