Re: Cannot connect to remote postgres database

On 07/03/2013 01:27 PM, Andrew Sullivan wrote:
> Nothin' for nothin', but . . .
>
> On Wed, Jul 03, 2013 at 01:11:35PM -0700, Stephen Carville wrote:
>>
>> I have the software (v 8.4.13) installed on 64 bit Centos 6. It is
>
> Why for a new project would you select such an old release of the software?

Convenience. It is already there.

Anyways, I figured it out.

I used tshark to capture the traffic. When I looked at the packets I
could see that I was asking for the wrong database!

This does not work:

# psql -h scadev02.lereta.com -U stephen

This does:

# psql -h scadev02.lereta.com -U stephen postgres

I guess it's always easy once you know the answer.

>> I tried changing "md5" to "password" and "pam" without success. Onlt
>> "trust" works As near as I can tell by reading the documentation, it is
>> setup correctly but I have, obviously, done something wrong.
>>
>> Any hints on where to start looking?
>
> If this is the packaged software for the OS, you probably need to look
> at the package-specific notes about the authentication methods. But
> your experience does seem pretty strange: looking at what you did
> _appears_ like it ought to work. Are you sure you have the right
> file? Sometimes distributions put them in funky places.
>
> A
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