Thread: cant connect php to postgresql

i am trying to connect php to postgresql but im getting warning FATAL: IDENT authentication failed... for user and  pg_connect("dbname=swati user=xyz password=abc");

and hence cant work
plz tell me wat is d problem

On Wed, 2006-12-06 at 01:17, swati desai wrote:
> i am trying to connect php to postgresql but im getting warning FATAL:
> IDENT authentication failed... for user and  pg_connect("dbname=swati
> user=xyz password=abc");
>
> and hence cant work
> plz tell me wat is d problem

Your pg_hba.conf file isn't setup how you need it to be.  Take a look
here:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/interactive/auth-pg-hba-conf.html

and see about changing your method from ident to something like md5 or
trust, depending on your situation.