Re: pg_hba.conf settings for postgres

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Teju Jakkidi vlogs <teja(dot)jakkidi05(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-admin <pgsql-admin(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_hba.conf settings for postgres
Date: 2024-02-17 20:40:21
Message-ID: 3710276.1708202421@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Teju Jakkidi vlogs <teja(dot)jakkidi05(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> Our expectation is that - when logging as postgres user from local host,
> it should not prompt for the password as we have local for postgres set to
> trust and loopback is set to trust.
> However, when running psql as postgres user from the local host, it is
> still asking for the password.

> Adding below lines in pg_hba.conf file is working as expected:
> host all postgres Local IP/32 trust

So psql is connecting to the "local IP", not to the loopback address.
This is probably a matter of DNS configuration, but since you didn't
show us the exact command, it's hard to say more than that.

regards, tom lane

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