Re: Cannot connect using psql

Problem solved. I had config files in /etc/ and in /usr/ . :)

On 10/31/06, Nick Black <nickblack1(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am having difficuilties connected to the postgres server. I asked
> on IRC, but everyone was stumped, so here we go.
>
> My pg_hba.conf file:
>
> # TYPE DATABASE USER CIDR-ADDRESS METHOD
>
> # "local" is for Unix domain socket connections only
> local all all trust
>
> # IPv4 local connections:
> host all all 127.0.0.1/32 trust
>
> # IPv6 local connections:
> host all all ::1/128 trust
> host all all 10.0.0.0/16 trust
>
> I have postgres users called postgres, nick and osm and unix users
> called nick and postgres. I created users nick and osm using the
> createuser script.
>
> I can connect to postgres and nick without any problems, but if I try
> to connect to osm, the following happens:
>
> nick(at)pmdev $ psql -U osm -W -d template1
> Password for user osm:
> psql: FATAL: Ident authentication failed for user "osm"
>
>
> But ident is not included in the config file, which made me think that
> the file wasnt being read. So ammended the entry for local to
>
> local all all password
>
> restarted, and was prompted for a password.
>
> I am really confused as to the issue. I thought that postgres treated
> unix users and postgres users seperately. It seems strange that I can
> connect using user nick (the name of a unix user and a postgres user).
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Nick
>