On 9/11/07, Joseph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'm trying to create dataset and I'm getting an error:
> LedgerSMB/User.pm:386
> FATAL: password authentication failed for user "postgres"
>
> It seems like password for "postgres" is not recognized, even though it
> is correct.
>
> I think there is a conflict.  The system I'm trying to install LedgerSMB
> runs SQL-Ledger as well, so when I was creating  user:
> createuser --createdb -U postgres --pwprompt --encrypted ledgersmb
>
> file: pg_hba.conf was:
> local   all         all                               trust
> # IPv4 local connections:
> host    all         all         127.0.0.1/32         trust
>
> and password for user "postgres" worked; after
> $ psql -U ledgersmb -d ledgersmb
> ledgersmb=> UPDATE users_conf SET password = md5('MYPASSWORD') WHERE id =
> 1;
>
> This worked as well, next in order to login I had to change file:
> pg_hba.conf to:
> local   all         all                               md5
> # IPv4 local connections:
> host    all         all         127.0.0.1/32        md5
>
> at this point I can login but I can not create "dataset"
> I think the password for "postgres" is getting encrypted where as
> originally it was set unencrypted.



change the auth types back to trust for a moment.
Then log in as postgres
run the following command:
ALTER USER postgres WITH PASSWORD '[secret]';

Then change the auth types back to md5 (note that any change to the
pg_hba.conf requires restarting PostgreSQL.

Best Wishes,
Chris Travers
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