Hi, Thanks for your help. I have modified the pg_hba.conf file and all works well now.
Regards, Richard. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nicolas Ribot Sent: 14 November 2011 15:38 To: PostGIS Users Discussion Subject: Re: [postgis-users] PostGIS shp2pgsql load problem Hi, Are you sure you provide the database user password, or the OS user pwd ? Are you in "ident sameuser" mode, in the pg_hba.conf file ? If so, you can only authenticate to the database if you are logged in the os with the same user as the one needed for Postgresql. Nicolas On 14 November 2011 09:53, Richard White <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > > > I have been using shp2pgsql to load shape files into a PostGIS enabled > Postgres 8.4 database. > > > > It was working fine but I am now being asked for a password for each > shapefile to load. When the correct (postgres user) password is supplied I > get the following error message; > > > > psql: FATAL: password authentication failed for user "postgres" > > FATAL: password authentication failed for user "postgres" > > > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > > Thanks. > > > > Richard. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > postgis-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users > > _______________________________________________ postgis-users mailing list [email protected] http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users Infoterra Ltd. Is part of the Astrium GEO-Information Services Division and a wholly owned subsidiary of Astrium, Europe's leading space systems and services specialist. Disclaimer. The information contained in this e-mail and its attachments are confidential and intended only for the use of the named addressee(s). If you are not the intended addressee, please do not read, copy, use or disclose this message or its attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete or destroy all copies of this message and attachments in all media. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Infoterra Ltd and shall not form part of any binding agreement. Infoterra Limited a company registered in England under number 2359955 and having its registered office at Atlas House, 41 Wembley Road, Leicester, LE3 1UT. VAT number GB 476 0468 27. P Before printing, think about the environment _______________________________________________ postgis-users mailing list [email protected] http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users
