Okay, I read the FAQ. I looked at my postgresql.conf file and didn't see "#tcpip_socket" set, either to true or false. I'm also attaching the tail of the log, even though I could connect to the database using the command line client.
2006-11-18 19:27:22 MST jmeyer jmeyer LOG: could not connect to Ident server at address "127.0.0.1", port 113: Connection refused 2006-11-18 19:27:22 MST jmeyer jmeyer FATAL: Ident authentication failed for user "jmeyer" 2006-11-18 19:27:23 MST jmeyer jmeyer LOG: could not connect to Ident server at address "127.0.0.1", port 113: Connection refused 2006-11-18 19:27:23 MST jmeyer jmeyer FATAL: Ident authentication failed for user "jmeyer" 2006-11-18 19:27:24 MST jmeyer jmeyer LOG: could not connect to Ident server at address "127.0.0.1", port 113: Connection refused 2006-11-18 19:27:24 MST jmeyer jmeyer FATAL: Ident authentication failed for user "jmeyer" 2006-11-18 19:27:24 MST jmeyer jmeyer LOG: could not connect to Ident server at address "127.0.0.1", port 113: Connection refused 2006-11-18 19:27:24 MST jmeyer jmeyer FATAL: Ident authentication failed for user "jmeyer" 2006-11-18 19:27:25 MST jmeyer jmeyer LOG: could not connect to Ident server at address "127.0.0.1", port 113: Connection refused 2006-11-18 19:27:25 MST jmeyer jmeyer FATAL: Ident authentication failed for user "jmeyer"
