Re: [Phplib-users] postgresql authentication fail

[Nathaniel P. <np...@te...>]

On 11/9/2003 8:11 AM, GSO wrote :

>
> Hi,
>
> Have been trying to get past the following error for a few days now:
>
> Warning: Unable to connect to PostgresSQL server: FATAL 1: IDENT 
> authentication failed for user "www-data" in
> /usr/lib/phplib/db_pgsql.inc on line 48
> Database error: Link-ID == false, connect failed
> Session halted.
>
> PHP 3.0.18, PHPlib 7.2, psotgresql 7.2.1, apache 1.3.26.  CGI scripts 
> run fine (accept from home directories where the default 
> Debian/Adamantix Apache configuration limits user directories to read 
> only).  phpinfo() reports the postgresql interface fine.  I am someone 
> who is more at home typing SQL in so would appreciate any help at all 
> on this one.

Sounds like a database configuration problem to me. Make sure that there 
is a database user named www-data configured under PostgreSQL, and that 
you GRANT www-data permissions to the tables you want to access. Or you 
can supply a different username and password to connect to the database 
with in your local.inc file, however, be aware that this can cause 
security problems if you connect with the same user that created the 
database and/or tables or with the postgres superuser.

If this isn't your problem, make sure that PostgreSQL is configured 
correctly to allow you to connect to the database in your pg_hba.conf file.

If you are trying to connect to a remote database (it doesn't sound like 
you are, but...) you'll need to make sure that the PostgreSQL server of 
the remote machine is configured to allow you to authenticate remotely.

Relavent documentation for PostgreSQL:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/view.php?version=7.2&idoc=1&file=user-manag.html
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/view.php?version=7.2&idoc=1&file=client-authentication.html
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/view.php?version=7.2&idoc=1&file=sql-grant.html

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