Re: pgAgent - Log error when running

[Dave Page <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>]

On 2/8/06 17:38, "Chuck" <watsocd(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> After running pgAgent with the following command:
> 
> /usr/bin/pgagent -l 2 hostaddr=127.0.0.1 dbname=postgres user=postgres
> 
> The pertinent debug message said:
> 
> WARNING: Couldn't create connection: fe_sendauth: no password supplied
> 
> Why do I need a password for the postgres account when on the local
> machine?

What's in pg_hba.conf? If it's just the ident line you showed me previously,
then don't forget that 'local' means a local Unix socket connection, and
*not* 127.0.0.1 which is just another host address.

Regards, Dave.