On Sat, 2003-03-01 at 14:55, Michael Buckley wrote:
IDENT authentication failed for user "postgres"
I don't know anything about databases, but looking at the error message,
it sounds like you need to run a ident server.
Or, more likely, that the JDBC driver is using a Unix socket to connect and it seems that when one uses sockets, the postgres backend uses the ident protocol to authenticate the process's uid.
Some solutions: 1) Use TCP/IP for connecting to the backend as that seems to work (what's your Java code like?), 2) Run your Java process as user postgres (this sucks, but hey, it's a great way to learn. Experimenting, i mean), or 3) synchronize your authentication scheme between your client and server (one way or another).
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*Richard Plana, B.Sc., CCNA* Secretary Calgary Linux Users' Group
