psql: FATAL: Ident authentication failed for user "postgres"

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Published on 2010-05-31T09:08:14Z Indexed on 2010/05/31 9:13 UTC
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I have installed PostgreSQL and pgAdminIII on my Ubuntu Karmic box.

I am able to use pgAdminIII successfully (i.e. connect/log on), however when I try to login to the server using the same username/pwd on the command line (using psql), I get the error:

psql: FATAL: Ident authentication failed for user "postgres"

Does anyone now how to resolve this issue?

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