📅 2023-01-28 — Session: Resolved PostgreSQL authentication and permission issues
🕒 20:45–21:25
🏷️ Labels: Postgresql, Authentication, Permission, Troubleshooting, Database
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM
Session Goal
The session aimed to address various PostgreSQL authentication and permission issues, ensuring smooth database operations.
Key Activities
- Restarted the PostgreSQL service across different operating systems, focusing on administrative privileges.
- Resolved the ‘Peer authentication failed for user ‘postgres” error by modifying the
pg_hba.conffile. - Changed PostgreSQL authentication method to MD5 for enhanced security.
- Troubleshot password issues for the ‘postgres’ user, including resetting the password and checking configuration files.
- Created a PostgreSQL role and granted necessary permissions to address the ‘role “matias” does not exist’ error.
- Managed command history in the shell for efficient troubleshooting.
- Checked PostgreSQL log files for monitoring PostGIS installations.
Achievements
- Successfully resolved authentication and permission errors, ensuring proper database access and user management.
- Enhanced security by switching to MD5 authentication.
Pending Tasks
- Further monitoring of PostgreSQL and PostGIS logs to preemptively catch potential issues.