Re: Pg_dumpall problem[2]

On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 10:04:49 -0600,
  James Hall <James.Hall@RadioShack.com> wrote:
> Since there were no replies to this, I did some testing w/pg_hba.conf since
> I thought the problem might be there. I now have a question about
> pg_hba.conf.
>
> I need pg_hba.conf to allow local connections [via telnet for example] to
> the database without requesting a password, but to request a password for
> clients connecting via the web based front end. All clients are on the
> 172.X.X.X ip range.
>
> My current pg_hba.conf shows:
> Local        all       password
> Host         all       172.0.0.0    255.255.255.255    password

If supported by your OS use:
local all ident sameuser