Your Database may very well be setup to Authenticate the Accessing User on 127.0.0.1 and not 'localhost' (or vice-versa). This would be setup in the database when setting credentials for a user, in the case with MySQL.
On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 9:52 PM, Peter of the Norse < rahmcoff+...@radio1190.org> wrote: > There is a difference between 'localhost' and the empty string. > 'localhost' translates into 127.0.0.1 and is sent using the internet. The > empty string means to use local sockets for communication. At least with > PostgreSQL. (It might be different with MySQL.) > > In short, this is not a bug. Please don't treat it as such, and learn the > connection settings of your database. > > On Apr 3, 2012, at 11:16 AM, Andre Terra wrote: > > It could be a regression bug. > > To be honest, I don't see a reason why '' should become 'localhost' > automagically. I'd much prefer if users were forced to write 'localhost' > rather than having Django do it (and fail) for them. > > Explicit is better than implicit. > > If you haven't yet, please file a bug report: > https://code.djangoproject.com/newticket > > > Cheers, > AT > > > On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 12:25 PM, thongor <vmana...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Wow this post is really old but this also solved my problem strangely >> enough. >> >> On Thursday, June 25, 2009 2:48:32 PM UTC-4, amy wrote: >>> >>> I had this same problem...the user and pass were fine but no users >>> could authenticate on any DB, regardless of settings. >>> >>> Turns out my issue was only that I needed to add the string >>> "localhost" to the host parameter. >>> >>> It's odd since the comments specifically state to leave it blank for >>> localhost...but oh well. It worked. >>> >>> DATABASE_HOST = 'localhost' # Set to empty string for >>> localhost. Not used with sqlite3. >>> >>> Odd. >>> >>> On May 31, 6:14 am, Tim Chase <django.us...@tim.thechases.**com> wrote: >>> > mizan rahman wrote: >>> > > No, i've checked that i've created a user named "djangouser" and the >>> > > problem still exist what will i do? Plz help me >>> > >>> > and you've checked that the password in settings.py is correct? >>> > You only confirmed one of the two problems I suggested. >>> > >>> > If both are correct, you may have to include the section of your >>> > pg_hba.conf that defines access permissions. It usually looks >>> > something like >>> > >>> > ##############################**##############################**## >>> > local all postgres ident sameuser >>> > >>> > # TYPE DATABASE USER CIDR-ADDRESS METHOD >>> > >>> > # "local" is for Unix domain socket connections only >>> > local all all ident sameuser >>> > # IPv4 local connections: >>> > host all all 127.0.0.1/32 md5 >>> > # IPv6 local connections: >>> > host all all ::1/128 md5 >>> > ##############################**##############################**## >>> > >>> > along with information about how your connecting in Django (to >>> > localhost, to the local machine by IP address, to a remote >>> > machine, etc) >>> > >>> > -tkc >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Django users" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/BI0mwz_xsrsJ. >> To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > > Peter of the Norse > rahmc...@radio1190.org > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
