Re: Frontend/backend protocol authentication

Peter Schuller <peter.schuller@infidyne.com> writes:
> I'm attempting to implement a PosrgreSQL client in Squeak. I'm sending
> what I believe to be a correct StartupPacket, but PostgreSQL
> responds with an ErrorResponse: "FATAL 1: Password auth. failed...".

> But I never asked for password authentication!

Uh, what *do* you have in pg_hba.conf, then?

It might also help to look at the postmaster's log (stderr or syslog
output) --- many kinds of auth failures report more info in the log
than they are willing to tell the client.

            regards, tom lane

PS: this seems more on-topic for pgsql-interfaces than -general.