Re: Unable to login with phppgadmin on a remote host

On 18/08/2011 15:37, Tom Browder wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 07:37, Jehan-Guillaume (ioguix) de Rorthais
> <ioguix(at)free(dot)fr> wrote:
>> On 18/08/2011 13:54, Tom Browder wrote:
>>> On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 05:40, (ioguix) de Rorthais <ioguix(at)free(dot)fr> wrote:
>>>> On 18/08/2011 01:20, Tom Browder wrote:
> ...
>>>>> However, I cannot successfully login with phppgadmin on the remote host.
>>>>>
>>>>> I always get "login failed" whether I use myuser or postgres.
>>>>
>>>> Do you have errors in your postgresql log files about this connections
>>>> attempts ?
>>>
>>> No, only some sql errors from an early user creation.
>> You should have some FATAL or ERROR entries about your attempts to
>> connect. That means phpPgAdmin doesn't even reach PostgreSQL.
> ...
>>>> Please, show us your full pg_hba.conf (without comments and public IP
>>>> address).
>>>
>>> My pg_hba.conf:
>>>
>>> local all all md5
>>> host all all 127.0.0.1/32 md5
>>> host all all ::1/128 md5
>>> host all admin xx.xxx.xxx.xx/32 md5
>>> host all postgres xx.xxx.xxx.xx/32 md5
>>
>> sounds good.
>> That means that you did set a password to user postgres ? did you try to
>> login with the following commands using your own system user (not postgres):
>>
>> psql postgres postgres
>
> That exact command works.
>
> (Note that I am logged in via ssh onto the remote postgresql host as
> my normal system user 'tom'.)
>
>> psql -h 127.0.0.1 postgres myuser
>
> That exact command works.

make sure you can connect to the "$conf['servers'][0]['defaultdb']"
using myuser:

psql -h 127.0.0.1 template1 myuser

Then, it should work with the following line in your
"conf/config.inc.php" using user myuser:

$conf['servers'][0]['host'] = '127.0.0.1';

>
>> first one use unix socket, second one inet.
>
> Is there a possibility my postgresql.conf file needs changing to get
> good logging? I originally changed no defaults and my system
> postgresql start file puts all info into "server.log" in $PGDATA.
>
> This morning I changed one line in that conf file (and then did a reload):
>
> #logging_collector = off # Enable capturing of stderr and csvlog
> logging_collector = on # Enable capturing of stderr and csvlog

with
* log_destination = 'stderr'
* logging_collector = on

You will find your log file in the folder defined in "log_directory"
with name set in parameter "log_filename".

>
> I also checked /var/log/auth.log and see no evidence of login
> attempts from my two postgres users except vial local logins.
>
> Thanks, Jehan-Guillaume.
>
> -Tom