run postmaster with -i parameter and give access to clients in the file
$PGDATA/pg_hba.conf
StOo ha scritto:
> This is really daft but i cant think what i have missed
>
> I've got 1 postgres machine thats running the DB and 1 development
> machine that connects to the backend on the DB machine and
> plays ball nicley.
>
> I've just come to add a new devlopment machine , same flavour of linux
> same postgres release (6.4.2) i came to run a straight forward test
> program and i keep getting
>
> user authentication failed
>
> the ports are the same, the user has been added for psql even when i
> use an exsisting name and password i get grief ... any ideas ...
>
> Stuart
>
> +-=-=-=-=-=-+
>
> Too much coffee not enough sleep.
--
______________________________________________________________
PostgreSQL 6.5.0 on i586-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc 2.7.2.3
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Jose'