I'd start by logging in as postgres and do "select * from pg_shadow"
This should show you if "jim" has been created as you believe and also
show you if a password has been set. Next I'd do a \l to get a list of
the databases on your system and their owners. I'm thinking jim may not
be authorized to connect to phoneBookDB. HTH
Robert Treat
On Thu, 2002-07-25 at 08:12, jgdon wrote:
> Hello I am playing with a fresh install of mandrake 8.2 and have decided
> to use the postgresql db as my database for a simple phonebook application.
>
> I am following the steps from a tutorial but can't seem to be able to
> access my data base as the user i created ... I keep getting the msg:
>
> psql: FATAL 1: IDENT authentication failed for user "jim"
>
>
> I am going to keep reading ... but i will hopefully get an answer to
> this post quicker [;-)]
>
> Thanks for any help in advance,
> Jim
>
> ps my actual attempt is listed below ...
> bash-2.05$ createuser jim -P
> Enter password for user "jim":
> Enter it again:
> Shall the new user be allowed to create databases? (y/n) y
> Shall the new user be allowed to create more new users? (y/n) y
> CREATE USER
>
>
> bash-2.05$ createdb gombaPhoneBookDB
> CREATE DATABASE
>
>
>
> bash-2.05$ psql phoneBookDB -U jim
> psql: FATAL 1: IDENT authentication failed for user "jim"
>
>
>
> bash-2.05$ psql phoneBookDB -u
> psql: Warning: The -u option is deprecated. Use -U.
> User name: jim
> Password:
> psql: FATAL 1: IDENT authentication failed for user "jim"
>
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