Thread: "IDENT authentication failed" but I'm not using ident
Hi,
I'm trying to upgrade postgres to 7.4.2. I've dumped the
database on 7.2.1 but when I try to recreate it by doing
psql -e template1 <db.sql
as user 'postgres', I get
DELETE FROM pg_shadow WHERE usesysid <> (SELECT datdba FROM pg_database
WHERE datname = 'template0');
DELETE 15
CREATE USER "ids" WITH SYSID 103 PASSWORD 'Yil8t8Wq1yFth' NOCREATEDB
NOCREATEUSER;
CREATE USER
CREATE USER "nico" WITH SYSID 32 CREATEDB CREATEUSER;
CREATE USER
[...]
DELETE FROM pg_group;
DELETE 0
\connect: FATAL: IDENT authentication failed for user "nico"
I changed /etc/postgresql/pg_hba.conf so it only contains
local all all trust
and restarted postgres but I still get the same error message.
Any idea why the import complains about IDENT authentication when
I'm not even using it and how to get around it?
BTW: is there a way to create a database and then change ownership
to somebody else? (e.g. I want to give a user 1 database to play
with but I don't want to allow him to make any other databases)
Thanks in advance,
Nico
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Nico De Ranter <nico@sonycom.com> writes: > \connect: FATAL: IDENT authentication failed for user "nico" > I changed /etc/postgresql/pg_hba.conf so it only contains > local all all trust=20 > and restarted postgres but I still get the same error message. > Any idea why the import complains about IDENT authentication when=20 > I'm not even using it and how to get around it? If you're getting that message then you *are* using IDENT auth. My bet is that you changed the wrong config file. /etc/postgresql is not a very standard name for a Postgres data directory ... > BTW: is there a way to create a database and then change ownership > to somebody else? No, but you can do it in one step. http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/static/sql-createdatabase.html regards, tom lane
On Wed, 2004-05-19 at 02:19, Tom Lane wrote: > Nico De Ranter <nico@sonycom.com> writes: > > \connect: FATAL: IDENT authentication failed for user "nico" > > > I changed /etc/postgresql/pg_hba.conf so it only contains > > local all all trust=20 > > and restarted postgres but I still get the same error message. > > Any idea why the import complains about IDENT authentication when=20 > > I'm not even using it and how to get around it? > > If you're getting that message then you *are* using IDENT auth. > My bet is that you changed the wrong config file. /etc/postgresql > is not a very standard name for a Postgres data directory ... Yep, figured that out in the mean time. /etc/postgresql is the standard location on Debian but this seems to have changed with the latest upgrade on Debian/Sarge. > > > BTW: is there a way to create a database and then change ownership > > to somebody else? > > No, but you can do it in one step. > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/static/sql-createdatabase.html Damn, should read man-page, should read man-page, should read man-page! Thanks! Nico > > regards, tom lane -- --------------------------------------------------------- "It has been said that there are only two businesses that refer to customers as users: illegal drug trade and the computer industry." --------------------------------------------------------- Nico De Ranter Senior System Administrator Sony Service Center (NSCE/VPE-B) The Corporate Village, Da Vincilaan 7-D1 B-1935 Zaventem, Belgium Telephone: +32 (0)2 706 43 11 Fax: +32 (0)2 700 86 22