Dan Joo wrote: > Hi everyone, > > > > I am having problems logging into psql as a non-‘postgres’ user. > > > > */home/djoo[5:38pm]$ %psql kermit -U postgres* > > *psql: FATAL: Ident authentication failed for user "postgres"* Sure there isn't a line like this: local all postgres ident sameuser uncommented? $ cat /path/to/pg_hba.conf | grep -v '^#' Normally the 'postgres' user is 'ident' only unless you remove (or comment out) that particular line, then restart postgres. -- Postgresql & php tutorials http://www.designmagick.com/