Re: Using a 'loopback' FDW

Thanks so much Tom. That was indeed the problem. In hindsight the error
information makes perfect sense (at least after reading the docs on
pg_hba.conf).

Regards,

Steve

On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 3:04 PM Steve Baldwin <steve(dot)baldwin(at)gmail(dot)com>
wrote:

> Thanks Tom. I'm running postgres from the standard alpine docker container
> and haven't changed that file. I'm not at my laptop ATM but will check it
> out when I get home.
> Cheers, Steve
>
> On Wed, 10 Mar 2021, 14:42 Tom Lane, <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>
>> Steve Baldwin <steve(dot)baldwin(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> > I'm guessing I'm doing something wrong here. I've used postgres_fdw
>> before
>> > to connect between servers, but in this instance I'm trying to use it
>> > to connect back to itself.
>>
>> What are your pg_hba.conf settings for local connections?
>>
>> > ERROR: password is required
>> > DETAIL: Non-superuser cannot connect if the server does not request a
>> > password.
>> > HINT: Target server's authentication method must be changed or
>> > password_required=false set in the user mapping attributes.
>>
>> This suggests that you're using trust, peer, or something else in which
>> the password isn't actually relevant.
>>
>> regards, tom lane
>>
>