You cannot edit this file because this file belongs to user postgres, you didn't have privilege to edit this file.This can be verified by using
ls -l /etc/postgresql/9.1/main/pg_ident.conf
You can edit this file in two ways.
1.Change to user postgres
sudo su - postgres
Then edit the file by
vim /etc/postgresql/9.1/main/pg_ident.conf
2.Use root privilege to edit the file
sudo vim /etc/postgresql/9.1/main/pg_ident.conf
If you didn't have vim installed yet, use
sudo apt-get install vim
Once you enter vim editor, press "i" to become INSERT mode, and you can edit the file. When you finished editing, type ":wq" to save the file and leave vim editor.
When you type sudo su - postgres to become user postgres, the password you need is your original user's.
Asked: 2012-12-16 06:37:14 -0600
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Last updated: Dec 17 '12
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