> > Not regarding the actual errors in the commandline, I'd like to notice that > postgresql doesn't like "www-data" as a user. It's the dash causing > problems. > > Try using another username when calling the database system. Actually it turns out I was using the wrong syntax in pg_connect. I was supplying a user and password, however php was next sending it on to the server. The folks on php3's list pointed me to the correct syntax.