On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 02:17:53 +0800, Erick Papadakis <erick.papa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I was just looking at the ident/trust/etc authentication banter from > pgsql docs. Couldn't make out what greek was on there. When I jostled > a bit, and finally understood it, and really wanted to write it in > plain English for the next "simple" user like myself who just wants to > get cracking with the db and doesn't care about the admin intricasies, > then how I should I write it? That's really not a good idea. I strongly recommend at least skimming through the entire postgres manual before trying to admin your own instance of it. Spending some time up front to better understand what you are doing and what options you have is going to save you much grief down the road.