[plug] Debian Etch + Postgresql-8.1IDENT error

[mark at musicalstoat.co.uk]

Hi Denis,

On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 01:39:39PM +0800, Denis Brown wrote:
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> "local all postgres ident sameuser"   to which can be added...
> "local all all ident sameuser"
> 
> Am I misinterpreting the way ident is supposed 
> to work?
Yes.  Read this ('ident sameuser') as 'allow to connect if the username you
are logged on as is the same as the username you are trying to connect
to the database as.'

> 
> Admittedly a small amount of digging thus far but I've not found any 
> information - other than the suggestions to change to "trust" - on this 
> matter.
The postresql manual explains all this.

-- 
Mark