Re: [SL] problem: postgres IDENT

[Damien B. <da...@eg...>]

> When I try to create a new database, or connect to an
> existing one I get the follwing error message:
> FATAL 1: IDENT authentication failed for user "postgres"

You need to edit $POSTGRES_DIR/data/pg_hba.conf (usually
/var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf) to allow remote (and sometimes local)
hosts to connect. Also, make sure that postmaster was started with the
-i flag if you want to connect via TCP/IP.

Damien