Connecting to PostgreSQL Database

Ruby
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Hello,

I am trying to move data from one postgres database to another using
the Ruby postgres adapter. However, I keep getting a password
authentication error whenever I try. My sysadmin keeps indicating that
there is no password on that database and the Rails apps I use don’t
indicate any password in database.yml and work fine. Am I being lied
to or is there some other secret I don’t know? Thanks for any help or
suggestions. Here’s the code I’m using (and line 184 DOES work):

184: db1 = PGconn.connect(‘dbserver1.blah.com’, 5432, ‘’, ‘’,
‘database1_name’, ‘username’, ‘password’)
185: db2 = PGconn.connect(‘dbserver2.blah.com’, 5432, ‘’, ‘’,
‘database2_name’, ‘username’, ‘’)

And here’s the error:

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/postgres-pr-0.4.0/lib/postgres-pr/
connection.rb:55:in initialize': FATAL C28000 MPassword authentication failed for user "username" Fauth.c L395 Rauth_failed (RuntimeError) from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/postgres-pr-0.4.0/lib/ postgres-pr/connection.rb:29:in loop’
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/postgres-pr-0.4.0/lib/
postgres-pr/connection.rb:29:in initialize' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/postgres-pr-0.4.0/lib/ postgres-pr/postgres-compat.rb:23:in new’
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/postgres-pr-0.4.0/lib/
postgres-pr/postgres-compat.rb:23:in initialize' from DataFetcher.rb:185:in connect’
from DataFetcher.rb:185

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On 10/1/07, Matt W. [email protected] wrote:

184: db1 = PGconn.connect(‘dbserver1.blah.com’, 5432, ‘’, ‘’,
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/postgres-pr-0.4.0/lib/
postgres-pr/connection.rb:29:in loop' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/postgres-pr-0.4.0/lib/ postgres-pr/connection.rb:29:in initialize’
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/postgres-pr-0.4.0/lib/
postgres-pr/postgres-compat.rb:23:in new' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/postgres-pr-0.4.0/lib/ postgres-pr/postgres-compat.rb:23:in initialize’
from DataFetcher.rb:185:in `connect’
from DataFetcher.rb:185

Have you tried giving it a nil for the password rather than an empty
string?

V/r
Anthony

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184: db1 = PGconn.connect(‘dbserver1.blah.com’, 5432, ‘’, ‘’,
‘database1_name’, ‘username’, ‘password’)
185: db2 = PGconn.connect(‘dbserver2.blah.com’, 5432, ‘’, ‘’,
‘database2_name’, ‘username’, ‘’)

Are you sure that the passwordless connection works okay from the
machine you’re
attempting from? You can configure postgres to only accept connections
from certain
ip addresses for certain users. A lot of times, the default is to allow
passwordless login from localhost, but not from remote hosts.

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Turns out I was lied to. There is a password on there. Sorry to
trouble you all.

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On Oct 1, 9:15 am, “Caleb T.” [email protected] wrote:

184: db1 = PGconn.connect(‘dbserver1.blah.com’, 5432, ‘’, ‘’,
‘database1_name’, ‘username’, ‘password’)
185: db2 = PGconn.connect(‘dbserver2.blah.com’, 5432, ‘’, ‘’,
‘database2_name’, ‘username’, ‘’)

Are you sure that the passwordless connection works okay from the machine you’re
attempting from? You can configure postgres to only accept connections from certain
ip addresses for certain users. A lot of times, the default is to allow
passwordless login from localhost, but not from remote hosts.

I tried using nil and got a ‘no password specified error’.

Looking at the pg_hba.conf file I see the login I’m using allowed for
both internet IP addresses we have, so it’s not just restricted to
localhost. Any other ideas?