Looks like you're doing it right, you actually have to specify the user though:
psql -U postgres and make sure you restarted the server so your changes take effect. Frank On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 4:43 PM, Jorge Arevalo <jorgearev...@libregis.org> wrote: > Hello, > > I want to connect to my local installation of PostgreSQL 9.1 using my > machine user (who is vagrant). So, after reading PostgreSQL documentation, > I thought I just needed to: > > 1. Add username map in pg_ident.conf: > > # MAPNAME SYSTEM-USERNAME PG-USERNAME > > vp vagrant postgres > > > 2. Using the map in pg_hba.conf > > # TYPE DATABASE USER ADDRESS METHOD > > local all all > peer map=vp > > But I'm getting the error > > sql: FATAL: Peer authentication failed for user "vagrant" > > If I try to connect to my server using psql. > > I guess I'm misunderstanding the PostgreSQL manual. But, how could I get > what I need? (locally connect with the user vagrant like if it was the > postgres user) > > Many thanks in advance (and sorry for the cross-posting. I asked this in > serverfault too, but I think this is the right place) > > -- > Jorge Arevalo > > http://about.me/jorgeas80 >
