Hi. Yes, there is such a file, and yes, it is the 'special' thing I was looking for. Thanks you very much for the tip, I did some reading about it. Who created this feature for me? Could it be the ubuntu installation process?
wujek On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 9:51 PM, Guillaume Lelarge <guilla...@lelarge.info>wrote: > On Thu, 2012-01-05 at 20:56 +0100, Wujek Srujek wrote: > > Hi. I am using Postgres 9.1 on Ubuntu 11.10 64bit. I have a question > about > > client authentication. > > After installing the server, and setting the postgres password to > encrypted > > 'postgres', I made sure I can log in like that. Then, I edited the > > /etc/postgres/9.1/main/pg_hba.conf file to contain just this single like: > > > > local all all md5 > > > > According to these sources: > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/auth-pg-hba-conf.html > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs[...]uth-methods.html#AUTH-PASSWORD > > > > this means (at least that's how I understand it): > > 1. local - it allows only connections using unix domain sockets > > 2. first all - access to all databases > > 3. second all - for every user > > 4. md5 - requires providing a password for a login > > > > But now, I am trying to connect as a normal user: > > > > psql -d postgres -U postgres > > > > and it connects without ever asking for a password! (The password works > > fine when I force it with -W, so this part is ok.) > > > > If I add a line for TCP/IP connections (with 'host' at the beginning) it > > does ask for the password, so it looks like the behavior I am > experiencing > > has something to do with domain socket, but I am not sure. > > > > The user that I installed Postgres with and tried logging in was the > same, > > and it was in the admin group, so it had the sudoer privilage. I thought > it > > had something to do with that, so I created another user, who wasn't a > > sudoer - and I had to give the password. But then, when I added the admin > > group to the user (which adds it to sudoers on my machine), I still had > to > > specify the password (and sudo works fine), which would imply that it > was a > > dead end. > > > > My guess would be that you have a .pgpass file on your first user's home > directory, and not on the new one. > > Sot, first, try to check if there is a $HOME/.pgpass file for your first > user. > > > -- > Guillaume > http://blog.guillaume.lelarge.info > http://www.dalibo.com > PostgreSQL Sessions #3: http://www.postgresql-sessions.org > >