Re: Phppgadmin

Hi Nabil,

First, I suggest using the latest version of phpPgAdmin: 4.0.

Second, your configuration seems ok, but you need to turn on logging in
your PostgreSQL to see the exact error that you're getting.

Chris

Nabil Servais wrote:
> Hello, I know it's a mailing list dedicated to postgresql but, after a
> long research on the web, I found nothing good. I've got some problem
> phppgadmin 3.5.2 (running with postgresql 8.0 on debian sarge). I can
> connect to the database with psql and pgadmin III but when I use
> phppgadmin I get "login failed".
>
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> An extract of the config.inc.php:
>
> <?php
>   ...
>
>           // Hostname or IP address for server.  Use '' for UNIX domain
> socket.
>       $conf['servers'][0]['host'] = '';
>
>       // Database port on server (5432 is the PostgreSQL default)
>       $conf['servers'][0]['port'] = 5432;
>
>       // Change the default database only if you cannot connect to
> template1
>       $conf['servers'][0]['defaultdb'] = '';
>
>       // Specify the path to the database dump utilities for this server.
>       // You can set these to '' if no dumper is available.
>       $conf['servers'][0]['pg_dump_path'] = '/usr/bin/pg_dump';
>       $conf['servers'][0]['pg_dumpall_path'] = '/usr/bin/pg_dumpall';
>
>
>       // Default language for the login screen if there's no translation
>       // matching user's browser request. Eg: 'english', 'polish', etc.
>       $conf['default_lang'] = 'english';
>
>       // If extra login security is true, then logins via phpPgAdmin
> with no
>       // password or certain usernames (pgsql, postgres, root,
> administrator)
>       // will be denied. Only set this false once you have read the FAQ and
>       // understand how to change PostgreSQL's pg_hba.conf to enable
>       // passworded local connections.
>       $conf['extra_login_security'] = false;
>   ...
> ?>
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> of the pg_hba.conf
>
> # Database administrative login by UNIX sockets
> local   all         postgres                          ident sameuser
> local   all         postgres                          md5
>
> # TYPE  DATABASE    USER        CIDR-ADDRESS          METHOD
>
> # "local" is for Unix domain socket connections only
> local   all         all                               ident sameuser
> #local   all        all                                 md5
> # IPv4 local connections:
> host    all         all         127.0.0.1/32          md5
> host    all         all         192.168.1.0/24        trust
> #host   all         all         192.168.1.0/24          password
> # IPv6 local connections:
> host    all         all         ::1/128               md5
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
> And postrgresql.conf
>
> #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> # CONNECTIONS AND AUTHENTICATION
> #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> # - Connection Settings -
>
> listen_addresses = '*'  # what IP interface(s) to listen on;
>                               # defaults to localhost, '*' = any
> port = 5432
> max_connections = 100
>       # note: increasing max_connections costs about 500 bytes of shared
>       # memory per connection slot, in addition to costs from
> shared_buffers
>       # and max_locks_per_transaction.
> #superuser_reserved_connections = 2
> unix_socket_directory = '/tmp'
> #unix_socket_group = ''
> #unix_socket_permissions = 0777 # octal
> #rendezvous_name = ''           # defaults to the computer name
>
> # - Security & Authentication -
>
> #authentication_timeout = 60    # 1-600, in seconds
> ssl = true
> #password_encryption = true
> #krb_server_keyfile = ''
> #db_user_namespace = false
>
>
>
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