Try replacing "ident sameuser" with "trust" in pg_hba.conf
On Fri, 2002-10-25 at 12:22, Jeff Self wrote:
> I've written a JSP that extracts data from a PostgreSQL database and
> displays it in a web browser. I tested this on my iBook which is running
> OS X 10.2, PostgreSQL 7.2.3, Tomcat 4.1.12, and Java 1.3.1. It runs
> fine. So I copied the app over to my server which is running Debian
> Linux 3.0, PostgreSQL 7.2.2, Tomcat 4.1.12, and Blackdown Java 1.3.1.
> But I can't connect to the database on the Debian box.
>
> Here's some of my settings on the Debian box:
>
> Postgresql.conf
> tcpip_socket=1
>
> Pg_hba.conf
> host all 127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 ident sameuser
>
> I've tried to connect writing a little java app to run from the command
> line, but it fails: IDENT authentication failed for user "jself"
>
> Here's some of my code:
> Class.forName("org.postgresql.Driver");
> Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(
> "jdbc:postgresql:jobdescriptions",
> "jself"
> ""
> );
>
> I've downloaded the pgjdbc2.jar file from jdbc.postgresql.org and put it
> in /usr/share/tomcat4/common/lib.
>
> I run my java app the following way: java -classpath
> /usr/share/tomcat4/common/lib/pgjdbc2.jar:. QueryJobDescriptions
>
> Is my pg_hba.conf file wrong?
>
> jself is the owner of the jobdescriptions database and has no password
>
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