"PostgreSQL Bugs List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > When I start up psql, if I am not not logged in as the owner of the database, I get > the following error message, even if I type the correct password: > psql: FATAL: IDENT authentication failed for user "keith"
This is not a bug: it's the way it's supposed to work. If you want to use passwords for authentication, you need to select a password-based method in pg_hba.conf. Not IDENT. Read the administrator's guide for more detail: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/static/client-authentication.html regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
