Gaurav Singh <singh09721@xxxxxx> wrote: > The Postgres server is up and running but when I call psql it > gives fatal error saying "password authentication failed for user > singh09721". You are probably not specifying a database user ID for psql to use, so it is defaulting to your OS login ID. Do you get in if you try?: psql postgres postgres You might want to browse through the documentation: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/interactive/index.html -Kevin -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin