[postgis-users] RE Importing shapefiles to PostGIS

[Emilie Laffray]

On 23/01/2010 04:00, Shreerang Patwardhan wrote:
> Hello all,
>         I have followed steps to import TIGER shapefile to PostGIS .
> I  got the following output and errors.
>
> shreerang at ubuntu:~/Shapefiles/06001_Alameda_County/tl_2008_06001_arealm$
> shp2pgsql -s 4326 -I -S tl_2008_06001_arealm.shp public.test_db >
> tl_2008_06001_arealm.sql
> Shapefile type: Polygon
> Postgis type: POLYGON[2]
>
> shreerang at ubuntu:~/Shapefiles/06001_Alameda_County/tl_2008_06001_arealm$
> psql -d test_db -U postgres -f import.sql
> psql: FATAL:  Ident authentication failed for user "postgres"
>
> Need help!!!

You have an identification problem for the user postgres. This is not a
Postgis related issue per se. You have to enter the password for
postgres somehow.

Emilie Laffray

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