On 2/8/06 17:38, "Chuck" <watsocd(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> After running pgAgent with the following command:
>
> /usr/bin/pgagent -l 2 hostaddr=127.0.0.1 dbname=postgres user=postgres
>
> The pertinent debug message said:
>
> WARNING: Couldn't create connection: fe_sendauth: no password supplied
>
> Why do I need a password for the postgres account when on the local
> machine?
What's in pg_hba.conf? If it's just the ident line you showed me previously,
then don't forget that 'local' means a local Unix socket connection, and
*not* 127.0.0.1 which is just another host address.
Regards, Dave.