At 3/11/02 4:17 PM, pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org wrote:
>I think the problem is here. The documentation within the pg_hba.conf
>file suggests that all TCP/IP connections need to use IDENT authentication.
>I just turned on the ident deamon on the Linux box hosting the database,
>but still can't make the connection. Anyone know more about ident
>authentication with the postgres database?
With Red Hat Linux 7.2, I found that the default in /etc/identd.conf is
now:
result:encrypt = yes
I had to change that to:
result:encrypt = no
... and restart identd to get Postgres to work with IDENT.
Hope that helps.
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