On Wed, Aug 28, 2024 at 8:00 PM David G. Johnston < david.g.johns...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday, August 28, 2024, KK CHN <kkchn...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> and I have .pgpass in DB server as >> > > You assumed this mattered but I see no mention that pgBackRest consults > this file. > > It seems to require the local entry in pg_hba.conf to use peer > authentication. > > David J. > > Section 21.4 on this page ( https://pgbackrest.org/user-guide.html#introduction ) does seem to mention the use of .pgpass file. I have no idea about the actual problem though. Amitabh