Re: Ident authentication failed for user

Hi John. Thanks a lot for your reply:

El día 1 de marzo de 2012 17:25, John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com> escribió:
> On 03/01/12 9:02 AM, Ruben Blanco wrote:

> specify host=localhost, otherwise its using the first 'local' line, which
> specifies 'ident' authentication, as the error implies.

Where should I specify "host=localhost"? in the $connection_string for
pg_connect()? It doesn't work either.

I was understanding "host" TYPE was for TCP/IP connections only (my
scripts run through Apache web server). That's why I didn't expect the
"local" record to do anything with my connections. If I include this
record in the "pg_hba.conf" file I can connect to the database:

local all all trust

> you do realize, trust lets any process on the localhost authenticate as any
> user, including the postgres DBA account?

Yes, I just want to make it run, then will tighten security measures.

Thanks.

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