Bernhard D Rohrer <graylion@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > I have set my authentication to > # "local" is for Unix domain socket connections only > local all all md5 #ident sameuser Are you sure this actually took effect (ie did you "pg_ctl reload")? > 30-Mar 17:47 collab-dir: BeforeJob: run command > "/etc/bacula/scripts/make_catalog_backup bacula postgres > 'md5xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'" > 30-Mar 17:47 collab-dir: BeforeJob: pg_dump: [archiver (db)] connection > to database "bacula" failed: FATAL: Ident authentication failed for user > "postgres" It's clear that this connection is trying to use ident not md5. Either you didn't make the pg_hba edit take effect, or bacula is trying to use TCP instead of Unix-socket connection and you still have the "host" line set to ident. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
