Configuring PostgreSQL for use with GNUmed clients
Standalone GNUmed installations
'Standalone' means that GNUmed client and database run on one and the same computer, IOW the client is local.
Find the configuration file pg_hba.conf and insert these two lines
# allow anyone knowing the proper password to log into our GNUmed databases: local samegroup +gm-logins md5
into the pg_hba.conf file before any other lines starting with 'local'.
The inserted line means:
allow access
-
local: for clients on the same machine -
samegroup: if the connecting user belongs to a database group role named like the database to connect to (say, gnumed_v22) -
+gm-logins: and if the connecting users belongs to the allowed-logins database group named 'gm-logins' -
md5: and the proper password is provided for the connecting user
When you are done, pg_hba.conf should look similar to this:
# TYPE DATABASE USER CIDR-ADDRESS METHOD # allow anyone knowing the proper password to log into our GNUmed databases: local samegroup +gm-logins md5 ... local ... ... ... local ... ... ... ...
Networked GNUmed installations
To enable access to a GNUmed database from other machines over the network replace 'local' with 'host' or 'hostssl' in the above instructions.
Mixing standalone (local) and networked GNUmed clients
You can mix 'local' and 'host' lines as needed.