Hi Stuart,
Did you check the pg_hba on the new machine?
Just my .02 $
On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, StOo wrote:
>
> 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
>
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