Dado Feigenblatt <dado(at)wildbrain(dot)com> writes:
> So I changed the map name pg_hba.conf
> host all 127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 ident usermap
> and added to pg_ident.conf the other user names postgres might have to
> switch to
> usermap postgres postgres
> usermap postgres purp
> usermap postgres dado
> usermap postgres greg
That looks like it ought to work. Have you looked in the postmaster log
to see if any additional information is recorded about the
authentication failure? We don't always tell the client everything
we know, for security reasons...
regards, tom lane