>I can't seem to find out how > to login to the database. I am using 'psql -U root' however during my > installation there may have been a default password used which I am > not aware of. I need to read the docs and see how to login to the > database. I usually do like this on a new box sudo su - su - postgres createuser bnl exit exit createdb bnl psql That is, I create a user in the db with same name as my os user (linux here) then I log out from pg superuser account, and go back to my os user, and create a database with that os user name. That is the default db that psql tries to log in to... -- björn lundin -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general