Did you enable TCP/IP when starting PostgreSQL?
pg_ctl -D anydir -o "-i" -l logfile start
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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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