PG::ConnectionBad: fe_sendauth: no password supplied

Question

When I attempt to run \"rake test\" on a local postgres database, it throws the above exception.

Here is my pg_hba.conf file: # Database administrative login by

Answer 1

Change the code as below and it will work

pg_hba.conf:
# IPv4 local connections:
host    all             all             127.0.0.1/32            trust
# IPv6 local connections:
host    all             all             ::1/128                 trust

Below its explanation:

trust

Allow the connection unconditionally. This method allows anyone that can connect to the PostgreSQL database server to login as any PostgreSQL user they wish, without the need for a password or any other authentication.

md5

Require the client to supply a double-MD5-hashed password for authentication.

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