Thanks for the response. I was able to get postgres user to connect to the remote database by using the 'alter user' command from within psql. However, I am unable to connect to the same server with a different user. I created a generic user called pgAdmin and used the command:
grant all privileges on database clients to user pgAdmin
I am certain I know that users password yet I cannot connect with it from my workstation. Do you think the pgpass file will help in this instance?
grant all privileges on database clients to user pgAdmin
I am certain I know that users password yet I cannot connect with it from my workstation. Do you think the pgpass file will help in this instance?
From: Jan-Peter Seifert <Jan-Peter.Seifert@xxxxxx>
To: Newbie Poster <newbie.poster@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 4:14:05 PM
Subject: Re: Logging in with postgres remotely
Newbie Poster wrote:
> Error connecting to the server: FATAL: password authentication failed
> for user "postgres"
Sounds like a hunt for the pgpass file is recommended:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/libpq-pgpass.html
Peter