In response to rhubbell <Rhubbell@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: > On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:34:00 -0800 (PST) > Jeff Frost <jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Thu, 29 Jan 2009, rhubbell wrote: > > > > > Umm, because md5 doesn't work and trust does work. > > > > Generally this is because you haven't yet set a password for the postgres > > user. You have to set a password for at least the postgres user via ALTER > > ROLE while you've still got it set to trust or ident before changing to md5. > > Yeah, yeah, did all that, didn't work. Sorry, still a "Pet Peeve". (^; > While you mention it, another "Pet Peeve" was the use of ident. Yikes. _My_ point was that a broken md5 (which is still under debate) doesn't force you to use trust. There are other auth options like crypt and password. -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com http://people.collaborativefusion.com/~wmoran/ -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
