psql: FATAL: Peer authentication failed for user "blah" - ruby-on-rails

On CentOS, I am trying to use rake to migrate data from sqlite3 to postgresql.
When I try to connect to PostgreSQL using the command line:
psql -d <db> -U <user> -W
I get:
psql: FATAL: Peer authentication failed for user "blah"
For testing I even set method to trust for psql. Here are the contents of my pg_hba.conf:
local all all trust
# IPv4 local connections:
host all all 127.0.0.1/32 trust
# IPv6 local connections:
host all all ::1/128 trust
Any ideas what might be wrong?
Thanks

Restart PostgreSQL and if that fails post the full pg_hba.conf for us to look at.
Either PostgreSQL has not reloaded this file or you are looking at the wrong pg_hba.conf.

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My pg_hba.conf currently looks like:
# TYPE DATABASE USER ADDRESS METHOD
# "local" is for Unix domain socket connections only
local all all trust
# IPv4 local connections:
host all all 127.0.0.1/32 trust
# IPv6 local connections:
host all all ::1/128 trust
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I've tried also tried adding the following line to my pg_hba.conf stopped and started the postgres service and still i'm still running into the same issue.
hostnossl all all 0.0.0.0/0 trust
I also have the following in my postgresql.conf
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# CONNECTIONS AND AUTHENTICATION
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# - Connection Settings -
listen_addresses = '*'
I've ran out of ideas on what I could be missing

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Try this
Edit the postgre configuration file typing in terminal
sudo gedit /etc/postgresql/POSTGRE_VERSION/main/pg_hba.conf
Then change your configuration to this
# Database administrative login by Unix domain socket
local all all trust
# TYPE DATABASE USER ADDRESS METHOD
# "local" is for Unix domain socket connections only
local all all trust
# IPv4 local connections:
host all all 127.0.0.1/32 trust
# IPv6 local connections:
host all all ::1/128 trust
Restart your postgre server
sudo /etc/init.d/postgresql restart
This should be the solution to access without password

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I am creating a rails app and want to use postgresql. I have installed pgadmin, postgres sever on Ubuntu 14.04. I've tried creating a connection through pgAdmin but not able to create it. I am unable to configure pgadmin to create a connection to pg server.
I've tried editing the /etc/postgresql/9.3/main/pg_hba.conf file, but I get the following error:
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here is 'pg_hba.conf' file
Database administrative login by Unix domain socket
local all postgres peer
TYPE DATABASE USER ADDRESS METHOD
"local" is for Unix domain socket connections only
local all all peer
IPv4 local connections:
host all all 127.0.0.1/32 md5
IPv6 local connections:
host all all ::1/128 md5
Allow replication connections from localhost, by a user with the
replication privilege.
local replication postgres peer
host replication postgres 127.0.0.1/32 md5
host replication postgres ::1/128 md5
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First, you can reset the password for postgres:
sudo -u postgres psql
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But I would also/instead create a user for your current account (As a Superuser):
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Edit: The above command must be run from psql, so doing "sudo -u postgres psql" to access postgres is required either way.
Source: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-roles-and-manage-grant-permissions-in-postgresql-on-a-vps--2
you can also try connecting through pgAdmin with the following configuration..

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