Kasia Tuszynska <ktuszynska@xxxxxxxx> writes: > If I am logged in as anyone else and try: pgsql -U postgres and use the password - I get the following error: > Psql: FATAL: Ident authentication failed for user "postgers" That's what's supposed to happen, if you're using ident authentication. If you want to be able to log in under someone else's name, you need to use some other auth method, such as md5. > pg_hba.conf, has no restriction on the postgres user, if fact it has no restriction on anyone: > host all all 0.0.0.0/0 md5 It is not using that pg_hba entry; if it were, you'd not be getting that error message. Likely theories are that the connection is coming in via Unix socket not TCP (you need to fix the "local" line), or that you forgot to SIGHUP the postmaster after editing the file, or that there's some earlier entry in the file that's capturing these connection attempts. 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
