I was given an old database. The colleague who maintained is long gone and nobody (inculding me) has a clue how to handle it. I am able to use SQL queries to manage the data, but now I need to add a new user with reduced priviliges.
But I am not getting anywhere. The poor documentation the colleague left tells me to ssh into the server and add the new user to pg_hba.conf file. So I did that by doing that and it looks like this now:
# IPv4 local connections:
host all all 127.0.0.1/32 md5
host all test1 x.0.0.0/8 md5
host all test2 x.0.0.0/8 md5
host all hft x.0.0.0/8 md5
# IPv6 local connections:
host all all ::1/128 md5
host all test1 x.0.0.0/8 md5
host all test2 x.0.0.0/8 md5
host all hft x.0.0.0/8 md5
# Allow replication connections from localhost, by a user with the
# replication privilege.
#local replication postgres peer
#host replication postgres 127.0.0.1/32 md5
#host replication postgres ::1/128 md5
I can login using the users test1 or test2 without problems: psql -h xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -U user db. But when I try the same with the new added user hft to the same database, I am getting asked for a password. But I never set a password (which might be the problem?). I restarted the db with /etc/init.d/postgresql restart before trying. But doesn't change anything.
So long story short: I want to add a new user. That user should be able to access the database and use SQL queries from anywhere.
Not sure where I am wrong, as not even the local access for my new user works.