<FONT face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size=2><div>>> FATAL: Ident authentication failed for user "engineering"<br>><br>>that says it right there. your LOCAL authentication type is set to <br>>IDENT in your pg_hba.conf file.<br>><br><br>That was it. I have updated my install documentation. <br>Thank you, <br>Margaret </div></FONT>"This e-mail message and any attachment(s) are for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain company proprietary, privileged or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient(s), please contact the sender by reply e-mail, advise them of the error and destroy this message and its attachments as well as any copies. The review, use or distribution of this message or its content by anyone other than the intended recipient or senior management of the company is strictly prohibited."<BR>