[pgpool-general: 8292] Re: Problems with pool_passwd

[Bo Peng]

Hello,

> Well, I had it working, but not with the configuration that I thought I had installed.
> I've gone back and done more testing and found the following:

If you modified passwords.conf, you need to restart Pgpool-II.

Regards,

> > > > I'm having some trouble using pool_passwd with pgpool-II 4.3.2.
> > > > I'm using the attached pgpool.conf file where I have specified that the pool_passwd file is named "passwords.conf".
> > > > This file exists and is readable only by the postgres user, which is the same user pgpool-II is running as.
> > > > This file contains:
> > > > sr_check_password = 'TEXTpass1'
> > > > health_check_password = 'TEXTpass2'
> > > > recovery_password = 'TEXTpass3'
> > >
> > > The format of "passwords.conf" should be:
> > >
> > >    <username>:<password>
> > >
> > >
> > > If your pgpool.conf settings are:
> > >
> > > sr_check_user = 'pgpool'
> > > sr_check_password=''
> > > health_check_user = 'pgpool'
> > > health_check_password = ''
> > > recovery_user = 'postgres'
> > > recovery_password = ''
> > >
> > > passwords.conf should be:
> > >
> > > pgpool:TEXTpasswordofpgpool
> > > postgres:TEXTpasswordofpostgres
> > 
> > Thank you for the corrections. I had assumed that the format of the passwords.conf file would be the same as pgpool.conf and that it would use the keys from the conf file.
> > However I see that this is generic for any database user so it makes perfect sense as it is.
> > Now everything is working.
> > Thank you!
> 
> Well, I had it working, but not with the configuration that I thought I had installed.
> I've gone back and done more testing and found the following:
> 
> This works:
> --- pgpool.conf ---
> pool_passwd = 'passwords.conf'
> sr_check_user = 'pgpool'
> sr_check_password='password1'
> health_check_user = 'pgpool'
> health_check_password = 'password1'
> recovery_user = 'postgres'
> recovery_password = 'password2'
> 
> 
> This reports 'Password does not match for user "pgpool".' in the postgresql log file.
> --- pgpool.conf ---
> pool_passwd = 'passwords.conf'
> sr_check_user = 'pgpool'
> sr_check_password=''
> health_check_user = 'pgpool'
> health_check_password = ''
> recovery_user = 'postgres'
> recovery_password = ''
> 
> --- passwords.conf ---
> pgpool:TEXTpassword1
> postgres:TEXTpassword2
> 
> 
> This reports 'Password does not match for user "pgpool".' in the postgresql log file.
> --- pgpool.conf ---
> pool_passwd = 'passwords.conf'
> sr_check_user = 'pgpool'
> sr_check_password=''
> health_check_user = 'pgpool'
> health_check_password = ''
> recovery_user = 'postgres'
> recovery_password = ''
> 
> --- passwords.conf ---
> pgpool:password1
> postgres:password2
> 
> 
> Jon Schewe


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Bo Peng <pengbo at sraoss.co.jp>
SRA OSS, Inc. Japan
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