pg_hba problem

Hi

I have just installed 8.0.3, and my standard pg_hba config no longer works.

I usually enable the postgres accound using

# TYPE DATABASE USER CIDR-ADDRESS METHOD

# "local" is for Unix domain socket connections only
local all postgres ident sameuser

and use other lines for named datbases.

However, with 8.0.3, the format appears to have changed to

# host DBNAME IP_ADDRESS ADDRESS_MASK AUTHTYPE [AUTH_ARGUMENT]
# local DBNAME AUTHTYPE [AUTH_ARGUMENT]

with no mention of USER. I have tried to use pg_ident to get round this,

pg_ident
map1 postgres postgres

pg_hba
host all 127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 ident map1

but I keep getting the error

psql: No pg_hba.conf entry for host localhost, user postgres, database
template1

Any ideas how I can safely provide global access to the postgres account?

Simon

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