Hi Karsten, The only non-commented lines are: [root@RH-Dev data]# cat pg_hba.conf | grep -v '^#' local all all trust host all all 127.0.0.1/32 trust host all all ::1/128 trust Dan -----Original Message----- From: pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Karsten Hilbert Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 8:51 AM To: pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [GENERAL] psql: FATAL: Ident authentication failed for user"postgres" On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 08:24:30AM -0700, Dan Joo wrote: > /home/djoo[8:25am]$ %psql kermit -U postgres > > psql: FATAL: Ident authentication failed for user "postgres" > confused why I can't access. Is there another file that I need to alter > besides the pg_hba.conf file? That depends on the content of your pg_hba.conf file. Karsten -- GPG key ID E4071346 @ wwwkeys.pgp.net E167 67FD A291 2BEA 73BD 4537 78B9 A9F9 E407 1346 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
