Graham Vickrage writes:

> host         all         127.0.0.1           255.255.255.0            ident sameuser
> host         all         0.0.0.0              0.0.0.0 password
>
> I assumed that the above would solve my problem, which it only half manages.
> The local client connections are working correctly after putting
> PGHOST=localhost as an environment variable.
>
> HOWEVER when I connect via an internet site it will not allow a connection
> (password auth.), the error I get is: -
>
> DBI->connect failed: No pg_hba.conf entry for host localhost, user usr,
> database db

When the "internet site" is actually the localhost, then the first record
will match.  However, that record will not allow the connection because
"sameuser" is not the case.

> Is this because connections from the internet are currently being made as
> unix domain sockets instead of tcp/ip loopback via apache? If so how do I
> distinguish between internet and local connections.

If the connection is via Unix domain sockets, then you'd get a different
error message.

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Peter Eisentraut      [EMAIL PROTECTED]       http://yi.org/peter-e/


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