> If only you can login to that client, then it's not quite so bad as
> effectively only you are trusted. You should be able to set the
postgres
> user password and use password auth though - did you set it in
pgAdmin?
> If so, you might want to try switching Encrypted Passwords off under
> Tools -> Options and trying again (to set the password).
>
That worked. Maybe you can point me to some reading material, so I can
understand this behavior. Thanks for all your help....
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Page [mailto:dpage@vale-housing.co.uk]
> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 11:41 AM
> To: Vikram Khurana
> Cc: pgadmin-support@postgresql.org
> Subject: RE: [pgadmin-support] VMWare connection
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vikram Khurana [mailto:vkhurana@mail.nmfs.hawaii.edu]
> > Sent: 26 August 2002 22:38
> > To: Dave Page
> > Cc: pgadmin-support@postgresql.org
> > Subject: RE: [pgadmin-support] VMWare connection
> >
> >
> > > No. Ident means use an ident server.
> > Is Ident server something I need to set up? Why would I do that
> >
> > > host all 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 password
> >
> > I was able to get the connection when I made the entry
> > host all 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.255 trust
>
> 192.168.1.0 is a network address, not a host address. You might want
to
> check that.
>
> > However on changing the 'trust' to 'password' I get a
> > password authentication failure-- I tried by using a blank
> > passwd and then changed the password of the user postgres &
> > tried that. Both failed.
> > Not sure why I shouldn't leave the AUTH_TYPE to 'trust' --
> > bad security maybe??
>
> If only you can login to that client, then it's not quite so bad as
> effectively only you are trusted. You should be able to set the
postgres
> user password and use password auth though - did you set it in
pgAdmin?
> If so, you might want to try switching Encrypted Passwords off under
> Tools -> Options and trying again (to set the password).
>
> Regards, Dave.