On 2009-02-19, Sameer Mahajan <sameer_maha...@symantec.com> wrote: > Thanks Craig. > > Comments inline. > >> > [Sameer Mahajan] I will investigate how the unix domain sockets help in > my case. Why isn't it the default for postgres installations? Or it > isn't believed to be generic enough / straight forward enough to > configure?
it is enabled by default, but if you specify a host address when connecting (eg 127.0.0.1) you'll get a TCP/IP connection instead. by the default authentication for unix domain sockets is "ident" which (AIUI) requires the caller have the a unix username that matches their postgres username, but you can change that to "md5" (password based) or "trust" (no authentication) in pg_hba.conf -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
