ok, this is what i did to follow Mariano's suggestions: as root: > service iptables stop // should allow or accept all interfaces and ports > cp /usr/pgsql-9.1/share/pg_hba.conf.sample /usr/pgsql-9.1/share/pg_hba.conf
which the previous has the lines in it # IPv4 local connections: host all all 127.0.0.1/32 md5 hostssl all all 127.0.0.1/32 md5 which i restarted postgresql with > service postgresql-9.1 restart which worked with confirmation > service postgresql-9.1 status (pid 18674) is running... then into as lucas: > python Python 2.6.5 (r265:79063, Jun 25 2011, 08:36:25) [GCC 4.4.4 20100726 (Red Hat 4.4.4-13)] on linux2 >>>import psycopg2 >>> psycopg2.connect(database="prac2", user="lucas", >>> password="passwdnotposted", host="localhost") Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> psycopg2.OperationalError: FATAL: Ident authentication failed for user "lucas" i did the above python stuff after making sure that postgresql had the user added and proper password under template1 using psql, the database created, and that user had all granted privileges to the database. i can't think of anything else. suggestions, please? lucas
