looks like same issure here: http://groups-beta.google.com/group/django-users/browse_thread/thread/19ed1f82b5c80233/897f968eba507165?lnk=gst&q=authentication+failed+for+user&rnum=2#897f968eba507165
Doug On Oct 19, 8:49 pm, Malcolm Tredinnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2006-10-18 at 02:29 +0000, binberati wrote:[...] > > > > > OperationalError at / > > FATAL: Ident authentication failed for user "user_name" > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > Surprisingly, I can succesfully connect to the db using either: > > > - psql - PostgreSQL interactive terminal > > - django-admin.py shell > > - django-admin.py dbshell > > - django development server > > - Navicat PostgreSQL from my own pc using ssh-tunnel > > > The only circumstance in which I cannot seem to connect to the db is > > using the FastCgi instance, although it is configured to use the same > > settings file as above... > > > [1] Can anybody shed a light on the difference between the FastCgi > > context and the ones mentioned above? I suspect it must have something > > to do with pg_hba.conf... but I can't see the difference between the > > contexts.I would have a look at the user the fastcgi process is running as. > > The > ident method of authentication looks at process-owner users, so that is > important. In all the cases you mention above, *you* are the owner of > the process trying to do the connection. In your fastcgi case, this is > not necessarily true. > > > [2] How do I resolve this issue? :)Switch away from using ident > > authentication to password-based > authentication, for example. > > Regards, > Malcolm --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
