Re: postgresql demond
On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Olivier Billet wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 11:02:51PM +0000, Oliver Elphick wrote:
> > Olivier Billet wrote:
> > >Hi all,
> > >
> > >I'm using postgresql and can use psql, but I dont
> > >know how to allow people to connect to the databases.
> > >I mean even users on the local host (my box) cant
> > >connect. It seems that it's a matter of -i switch
> > >before runing the postmaster.
> >
> > -i allows users to connect over TCP/IP; this is not necessary if they are
> > on the same machine.
>
> the system throwed an error message when attempting to connect to
> the database via the pgaccess front end.
> (Error attempting to connect to database [...] are you running
> postmaster with the -i option, is your system allowing tcpip
> connections)
The pgaccess frontend uses TCP/IP instead of unix sockets, so the -i flag
is required.
> But now if X uses the front-end pgaccess he gets this error
> message:
> IDENT authentification failed for user 'X'
>
I don't know the correct answer to your problem, but I have an idea. You
should check if identd daemon is running on your system (IDENT
authentication).
--Tibi
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