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Re: Ubuntu installed postgresql password failure

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On 9/13/2015 1:57 PM, Dale Seaburg wrote:
I have reached my wit's end. lol I installed postgresql (9.3.9) and pgadmin3 with the Ubuntu Software Center. When using pgadmin or psql, I get an error "password authentication failed for user "postgres" ". Ubuntu (14.04.3).

I created a postgres user BEFORE installing postgresql/pgadmin toolset. The password I used for the postgres user will not work with the installed postgresql tools.

What in the world am I doing wrong, and more importantly, how do I determine the password used for postgres during the postgresql install? AND, why should it be different from the postgres user I created.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

try `su - postgres`   THEN run psql

if that works, do this at that psql prompt:

    CREATE USER yourname SUPERUSER PASSWORD 'somepassword';
    CREATE DATABASE yourname OWNER yourname;

where yourname is your regular login. now exit psql, exit the su, and try running pgadmin. don't specify localhost, leave the host empty/blank, and you should be allowed to log in as yourname.

explaining why this is just as it is requires more energy than I have at the moment.




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