>You should change 'local' line not the 'host' heh - and I was just about to reveal my wunnerful fix ;)
>I actually changed both. I changed all mine too - I don't like the idea of having my db compromised should my account ever get done-in. for anyone else who stumbles upon this problem: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.3/static/client-authentication.html The Postgres docs are pretty damn thorough Alice

