Imho changing the authentication method to somewhat else than ident would be the best solution in my eyes. Running the webserver under a common user isn't the best solution i think. Greetings, Matthias > -----Original Message----- > From: pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert Treat > Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 6:59 AM > To: pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: John Meyer > Subject: Re: [GENERAL] phpPgAdmin, cannot connect to server > > > > 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 > <snip> > > Most likely your problem is that your webserver isnt running > as user jmeyer > which your current ident config would require. You can > either reconfigure > the web server, reconfigure your ident setup, or change your > authentication > method in postgresql. HTH.