Re: probable pg_hba.conf configuration issues

Ravi Roy <ravi(dot)aroy(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> Using command line : psql -U superuser1 & psql -U normaluser1 asks for
> password and login successfully. - perfect. (We are only alloing local
> connections, remote connections to database are disabled)

> But if I try to connect using pgadmin (from the same machine) it gives
> acess to database without password, i'm surprised as it does not seem to
> respect pg_hba.conf or i'm terribly wrong in the configuration somewhere.

pgadmin is no doubt caching the password somewhere. I think it uses
~/.pgpass, though psql would too, so maybe there's something
pgadmin-specific involved.

regards, tom lane