| From: | Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> |
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| To: | Zahid Rahman <zahidr1000(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Justin <zzzzz(dot)graf(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-novice(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Health warning: |
| Date: | 2019-12-17 21:24:19 |
| Message-ID: | 20191217212419.GO3195@tamriel.snowman.net |
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Greetings,
* Zahid Rahman (zahidr1000(at)gmail(dot)com) wrote:
> I know a database whose name begins with O that does this.
That doesn't make it a good idea.
> the user types:
> *psql -U postgres *
>
> response:
> *PROBLEM: psql: error: could not connect to server: FATAL: Peer
> authentication failed for user "postgres"*
This indicates that the user you're connecting as doesn't have
permission to log into the database as the 'postgres' user.
> *SOLUTION: change "local all all peer" in file
> /etc/postgresql/12/main/pg_hba.conf *
> *to "local all all trust".create password then change back.*
Using "trust" there actually means that you're able to log into the
database as any user and is terribly insecure.
Thanks,
Stephen
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