Hi Jorgen, I'll try md5 next, sounds a bit more secure and 'proper'. Cheers, Colin
On Tue, 2002-10-01 at 19:21, J�rgen Binningsb� wrote: > John Summerfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Mon, 30 Sep 2002 20:54, Colin Tree wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I'm new to sql-ledger and am having a bit of a problem > > > setting up my database. When I do a create Dataset I get this > > > > > > > > > Error! > > > FATAL 1: IDENT authentication failed for user "sql-colin" > > > > > > My setup is Debian 3.0r0, > > > I've followed the faq to the letter ??? > > > my eyes are nearly burnt out, > > > more coffee you say! > > > > postgresql? > > > > Check your configuration. I don't know what the defaults are on Debian, but it > > seems they don't suit you. > > the defaults for postgresql on debian gave me problems yesterday also. > I have a fresh debian 3.0r0-box, and have installed postgresql via > apt-get. > > I had to change the line in /etc/postgresql/pg_hba.conf saying > something like (taken from memory, my box is at home): > > host 127.0.0.1 255.255.255.0 ident > > I changed 'ident' to 'md5' and now it works. this assumes of course > that your database server and web server are on the same machine. > > regards, > j�rgen > > -- > j�rgen binningsb� in steepness is safety > - w. c. slingsby > > !!! NYTT MOBILNUMMER: 404 738 11 !!! > http://www.pvv.org/~jb > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by: DEDICATED SERVERS only $89! > Linux or FreeBSD, FREE setup, FAST network. Get your own server > today at http://www.ServePath.com/indexfm.htm > ------------------------------------------------------- > (un)subscribe: http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sql-ledger-users > Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: DEDICATED SERVERS only $89! Linux or FreeBSD, FREE setup, FAST network. Get your own server today at http://www.ServePath.com/indexfm.htm ------------------------------------------------------- (un)subscribe: http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sql-ledger-users Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/

