On Wed, 2009-12-09 at 15:18 -0600, Peter Koczan wrote: > On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 1:25 PM, <lst_hoe02@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > This looks like you have no ident server running... > > > > I guess you must install it first in recent distros, as there is not much > > use of ident anymore. So you have to search the packages for your OS. > > I found the packages. I'm still confused why local ident > authentication works even without a running ident server, though. Does > anyone know why that is? Does "local" really use ident? I always assumed local-ident was just aliased to an NSS call. Seriously, ident is dead, obsolete, and insecure tech. You are best just not using it. -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
