psql: error: FATAL: Peer authentication failed for user “xxxx“

psql: FATAL: Peer authentication failed for user “xxxx”

do

psql postgres -U "xxxx"

if you meet that error, the mean is
““Peer” —> 用户"xxxx"身份验证失败’”
you should take peer -> trust
you could try :

sudo vim /etc/postgresql/12/main/pg_hba.conf 

!!!my psql version is 12,if you use other version,is may be other numbers. in a word, you should find your installation directory. !!!

# Database administrative login by Unix domain socket
local   all   postgres  peer
改为(you must change all "peer")
local   all             postgres                                trust

reload配置文件

sudo /etc/init.d/postgresql reload

OK