Re: Can't connect to postgresql using 'psql -d database -U user -W'

From: ellis(at)spinics(dot)net (Rick Ellis)
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Can't connect to postgresql using 'psql -d database -U user -W'
Date: 2006-01-05 21:49:01
Message-ID: 1136497740.672165@localhost.localdomain
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In article <1136446265(dot)206388(dot)6610(at)g14g2000cwa(dot)googlegroups(dot)com>,
ctobini <ctemp2(at)free(dot)fr> wrote:

>tobini% psql -d template1 -U postgres -W
>password: postgres
>psql: FATAL: IDENT authentication failed for user "postgres"
>
>Do you have an idea about this problem ?

Use the su command to become user postgres and then run the
psql command.

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