Jayadevan M <maymala.jayadevan@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > back to md5 > psql -h localhost > psql: FATAL: password authentication failed for user "postgres" > [ but there's no .pgpass file ] Perhaps the postgres user has a password that's marked as expired in pg_authid.rolvaliduntil? Try select rolname, rolvaliduntil from pg_authid; regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general