The following bug has been logged online:
Bug reference: 5457
Logged by: Chana Slutzkin
Email address: chana@cs.huji.ac.il
PostgreSQL version: 8.4
Operating system: FreeBSD 7.2
Description: dblink_connect now restricts non-superusers to password
Details:
dblink in version 8.4 forces a non-superuser to connect using a password.
I would prefer to use ident.