Re: psql: FATAL 1: IDENT authentication failed for user "phpuser"

I also don't know if my system is configuered correctly.  I ultimatly want
to be able to use PHP and PostgreSQL.  I did a full install of Red Hat 8
with PHP and PostgreSQL included.

I've been reading a lot of lists and web sites and 3 different places tell
me to modify these files:

    pg_hba.conf
    postmaster.opts
    postgresql.conf

Should these be modified?

thanks

-----Original Message-----
From: pgsql-novice-owner@postgresql.org
[mailto:pgsql-novice-owner@postgresql.org]On Behalf Of Joel Lopez
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 10:06 AM
To: pgsql-novice@postgresql.org
Subject: [NOVICE] psql: FATAL 1: IDENT authentication failed for user
"phpuser"


Hi,

These are the commands I entered:

    su postgres
    createuser phpuser
        allowed to create DB: y
        allowed to create users: y
            (saw CREATE USER)
    createdb phpdb
            (saw CREATE DATABASE)

    psql phpdb -U phpuser
            (saw psql: FATAL 1: IDENT authentication failed for user "phpuser")

Is there a step I'm missing or am I entering the commands wrong?

thanks

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