Обсуждение: authenification problems with win32-psql-client

Hello,

I am forced to convince people to use PostgreSQL on a Win98 net. So I
tried the

    postgresql-win32-client-6.4.2.zip

The server is running on a linux box. After setup there started a window,
issuing an error message that there is no server on the local host and
then died.

When trying at dos prompt I  managed to get a connection to the server
because I had the chance to enter some command line options. When using
the option -u I was asked for user name and password. I tried with the
unix password as well as with a password explicitly set from within pgsql
at the server. In both cases I got: athentication failed. The connection
to the host was successful, because these error messages were to be found
in the log file on the host.

I miss a README or something for configuring this win-32-client. It should
be possible to use it without using a dos window. That not the way to
convince Win users.

Because I have to convince them next monday I need help urgently.

Thanks in advance

Werner

Werner Arnhold                                Fritz-Karsen-Schule
Feldspatweg  7                                Onkel-Bräsig-Str. 76-78
D-12349 Berlin                                D-12359 Berlin
werner@arnhold.snafu.de                       werner@karsen.be.schule.de

Not long ago, Werner Arnhold proclaimed...
> Hello,
>
> I am forced to convince people to use PostgreSQL on a Win98 net. So I
> tried the
>
>     postgresql-win32-client-6.4.2.zip
>
> The server is running on a linux box. After setup there started a window,
> issuing an error message that there is no server on the local host and
> then died.
>
> When trying at dos prompt I  managed to get a connection to the server
> because I had the chance to enter some command line options. When using
> the option -u I was asked for user name and password. I tried with the
> unix password as well as with a password explicitly set from within pgsql
> at the server. In both cases I got: athentication failed. The connection
> to the host was successful, because these error messages were to be found
> in the log file on the host.
>
> I miss a README or something for configuring this win-32-client. It should
> be possible to use it without using a dos window. That not the way to
> convince Win users.
>
> Because I have to convince them next monday I need help urgently.

Did you set up the pg_hba.conf file on the server machine to allow access
from the Win98 machines?

-+Fozz

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