2.4.2 doesn't support 7.3, go get phppgadmin 3.0. Thats not your problem, but you're not going to get too far until you switch to 3.0. Check your postgresql log for a FATAL message when you try and connect, it should give a little better explanation of what went wrong. Robert Treat On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 04:47, Salah Abdulla wrote: > Installed postgreql 7.3.3 and phpPgAdmin 2.4.2 in different machines. > Defined password for postgres superuser. Entry is created in the > pg_shadow table for the same user. Keeping the access method in > pg_hba.conf file as "trust", I do not have any problem. However when > changed the access method to "password" and tried managing the database > using the phpPgAdmin tool I get > > Error - /var/www/pgadmin.intranet/htdocs/lib.inc.php -- Line: 303 > PostgreSQL said: > Your query: > Unable to connect with settings: host=host_name' port='post_num' > dbname='template1' user='user_id' password='xxxxx' > > The pg_hpa.conf file has an entry > "host all all ip_address ip_mask password" > > Any idea why this is happening. > > Regards, > Salah -- Build A Brighter Lamp :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL