rake db:create fails, authentication problem with postgresql 8.4

Question

first things first, please excuse my utter noobness. I really tried to find a solution out there, but now i\'m stuck and completely clueless.

i\'m trying to deploy a rai

Answer 1

Here are some concise instructions that should work for you

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/psql-fatal-ident-authentication-failed-for-user/.

Basically you need to set the authentication method for localhost to 'trust'.