Thanks David, I tested the configuration by setting allow_clear_text_frontend_auth = on and disabling the pool_hba. I made the corresponding entry in the pg_hba.conf file. However, while connecting through the database port (5432), it prompts for the password, but when connecting through Pgpool (port 9999), it does not ask for a password.
Here is the content of pg_hba.conf: bash Copy code # TYPE DATABASE USER ADDRESS METHOD# "local" is for Unix domain socket connections onlylocal all all trust# IPv4 local connections: host all all 127.0.0.1/32 trust# IPv6 local connections: host all all ::1/128 trust# Allow replication connections from localhost, by a user with the# replication privilege.local replication all trust host replication all 127.0.0.1/32 trust host replication all ::1/128 trust host repmgr repmgr 127.0.0.1/32 trust host repmgr repmgr 10.125.0.90/32 trust # Primary host replication repmgr 10.125.0.90/32 trust host repmgr repmgr 10.125.0.91/32 trust # Standby host replication repmgr 10.125.0.91/32 trust host all all 10.125.0.90/32 trust # Node 1 host all all 10.125.0.91/32 trust # Node 2#host all all 0.0.0.0/26 trust host all all 10.125.0.79/32 scram-sha-256 host all all 0.0.0.0/0 scram-sha-256 When I connect via the database port (5432), it prompts for the password as expected: [postgres@scrbtrheldbaas002 ~]$ psql -h 10.125.0.79 -U vkp -d postgres -p 5432 Password for user vkp: psql (15.3) Type "help" for help. postgres=> postgres=> postgres=> exit However, when connecting through Pgpool (port 9999), it does not prompt for the password: [postgres@scrbtrheldbaas002 ~]$ psql -h 10.125.0.79 -U vkp -d postgres -p 9999 psql (15.3) Type "help" for help. postgres=> This behavior might be related to how Pgpool handles authentication. Let me know if you need further investigation or configuration changes! Thanks Vijay On Thu, Jan 9, 2025 at 10:47 AM David G. Johnston < david.g.johns...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wednesday, January 8, 2025, vijay patil <vijay.postg...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Could you please advise how I can achieve password authentication without >> using the pool_password file, while ensuring that Pgpool prompts for the >> password during connection? >> > > > https://www.pgpool.net/docs/latest/en/html/runtime-config-connection.html#GUC-ALLOW-CLEAR-TEXT-FRONTEND-AUTH > > David J. >