Re: ident client authentication

Paul Hide wrote:
> I have a problem with ident client authentication.
> My server is debian sarge, pg version is 7.4.7, apache 2.0.54, mod_python
> 2.3. A python script is placed on the server and runs under mod_python in
> apache.

> However, if i have
> local all jim ident sameuser
> I get FATAL: IDENT authentication failed for user jim, via mod-python debug
> and in postgres log.
>
> jim is both a unix user (linux) and a postgres user.
>
> Is this what would be expected?
> How can I make ident authentication work?

At a guess, your Python script is running as the same user as your
webserver (usually apache/www-data/nobody or similar). This is why the
"ident sameuser" isn't working.

You'll either need to log in as the webserver user, or use password
authentication.

> Any help would be appreciated, including where this message should be posted
> if this list is inappropriate.

This list is fine.

HTH

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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd