Scenario: "Bucharest": Connecting to Postgres

Level: Easy

Type: Fix

Tags: postgres  

Description: A web application relies on the PostgreSQL 13 database present on this server. However, the connection to the database is not working. Your task is to identify and resolve the issue causing this connection failure. The application connects to a database named app1 with the user app1user and the password app1user.

Credit PykPyky

Root (sudo) Access: True

Test: Running PGPASSWORD=app1user psql -h 127.0.0.1 -d app1 -U app1user -c '\q' succeeds (does not return an error).

Time to Solve: 10 minutes.