Thanks so much Tom. That was indeed the problem. In hindsight the error information makes perfect sense (at least after reading the docs on pg_hba.conf).
Regards,
Steve
On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 3:04 PM Steve Baldwin <steve.baldwin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thanks Tom. I'm running postgres from the standard alpine docker container and haven't changed that file. I'm not at my laptop ATM but will check it out when I get home.Cheers, SteveOn Wed, 10 Mar 2021, 14:42 Tom Lane, <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:Steve Baldwin <steve.baldwin@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> I'm guessing I'm doing something wrong here. I've used postgres_fdw before
> to connect between servers, but in this instance I'm trying to use it
> to connect back to itself.
What are your pg_hba.conf settings for local connections?
> ERROR: password is required
> DETAIL: Non-superuser cannot connect if the server does not request a
> password.
> HINT: Target server's authentication method must be changed or
> password_required=false set in the user mapping attributes.
This suggests that you're using trust, peer, or something else in which
the password isn't actually relevant.
regards, tom lane
