On Sat, May 06, 2006 at 16:58:47 -0500,
David <dbree(at)duo-county(dot)com> wrote:
>
> This is because you're using ident authentication for user postgres. I
> don't think you can use this option with ident authentication, because
> ident authentication checks to see if you're who you say you are, and as
> above, it doesn't see you as being postgres, but as root. As I noted in
> my previous reply, my postgres user authenticates (locally) by this
> method. You will have to su to root and then su to postgres, or
> directly with a command like
You can use -U with ident authentication. You need to set up custom maps
to make it useful. I normally do things that way.