On Wed, 2004-05-19 at 02:19, Tom Lane wrote: > Nico De Ranter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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
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