2011/2/11 Petr Salinger <Petr.Salinger@seznam.cz>: >> Setting up postgresql (8.4.7-0squeeze2) ... > >> root@netmon:~# su - postgres >> postgres@netmon:~$ psql template1 >> psql: FATAL: Ident authentication failed for user "postgres" > > This command works for me on kfreebsd-i386 > with both 8.4.5-0squeeze2 and 8.4.7-0squeeze2 postgresql version. > > $ uname -srv > GNU/kFreeBSD 8.1-1-686 #0 Tue Jan 4 17:59:05 UTC 2011 Do you have an identd installed? Nicolas