psql: FATAL:  Ident authentication failed for user "postgres"

$ sudo -u postgres psql
password
Enter password: ...
...

$ psql -U postgres -h localhost

/etc/init.d/postgresql reload

sudo apt-get install pidentd
sudo service postgresql restart

# in bash_profile edit PGDATA environmental variable
open ~/.bash_profile

# append this line to bash_profile
export PGDATA="/Library/PostgreSQL/9.3/data"

# reload bash_profile
source ~/.bash_profile

# open pg_hba.conf in vim
sudo vi /Library/PostgreSQL/9.3/data/pg_hba.conf

# append these two lines to the end of the pg_hba.conf file
local   all   all                  trust
host    all   all   127.0.0.1/32   trust

# can now login as user in bash
psql -d <db_name> -U <user_name> -W

host    all             all             ::1/128                 password

$ psql -U db_user db_name
psql: FATAL:  Peer authentication failed for user "db_user"

$ export PGHOST=localhost
$ psql -U db_user db_name

Password for user mfonline:

development:
  adapter: postgresql
  encoding: unicode
  database: (appname)_development
  pool: 5
  username: (username you granted appname database priviledges to)
  password:

local   all             postgres                                peer
Should be

local   all             postgres                                md5