Hi all, an update from an older postgres-database (7.3.x ?) to 7.4.2 is very difficult because i think there are a lot of bugs: The main problem is that i use an apache webserver and the DB on the same server. I can modify pg_hba.conf in various way and i always get this error in the browser: Warning: pg_connect(): Unable to connect to PostgreSQL server: FATAL: IDENT authentication failed for user "xyz" . in <path>/xxx.php on line y First i try "local all all ident sameuser" in pg_hba.conf, so i can connect via postgres-user from the shell. The second try (i used for some years) "local all all ident trust" produce always authentication errors on the shell AND on the browser-GUI. I don't understand that! If i add more users (useradd) and modify there passwords with "alter user xyz with password 'yyy'" it's the same negative response. I see that an input from a DB-dump always use the postgres user. Tried with "psql -f db_dump" or with "\i db_dump" from psql with various users. So i created several manual edited DB-dumps in the moment but the main problem is not solved. Hope you have some ideas (or a step by step guide for frustated dummies :-)) for the next few weeks for testing. The DB is the postgres-package of Fedora Core 2. Before i deinstall the old version i done a "pg_dumpall" for my two databases. Greetings, Tobias -- Tobias Kaboth 57413 Finnentrop projects: rawt.sourceforge.net _______________________________________________ LinuxManagers mailing list - http://www.linuxmanagers.org submissions: LinuxManagers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.linuxmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxmanagers