diff --git a/manifests/postgres.pp b/manifests/postgres.pp
index 51a1e4ac8bd6a94865006b3a71ee7d016e2d1b4c..ff1788571a13a39a60d7c2128bd8093a0408e3d2 100644
--- a/manifests/postgres.pp
+++ b/manifests/postgres.pp
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class egg::postgres () {
     type        => 'local',
     database    => 'all',
     user        => 'postgres',
-    auth_method => 'ident',
+    auth_method => 'trust',
   }
 
   postgresql::server::pg_hba_rule { 'allow localhost access':
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class egg::postgres () {
     database    => 'all',
     user        => 'all',
     address     => '127.0.0.1/32',
-    auth_method => 'md5',
+    auth_method => 'trust',
   }
 
   postgresql::server::pg_hba_rule { 'allow ipv6 localhost access':
@@ -31,6 +31,6 @@ class egg::postgres () {
     database    => 'all',
     user        => 'all',
     address     => '::1/128',
-    auth_method => 'md5',
+    auth_method => 'trust',
   }
 }