On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 2:31 PM, Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 11/12/2016 01:20 PM, aws backup wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I try to make pg_dumpall backups from a PostgreSQL 9.5 server which is >> part of the DaVinci Resolve 12.5.3 App on a Mac OS X 10.11.6 system. >> >> Unfortunately I get following failure message: >> >> pg_dumpall: could not connect to database "template1": FATAL: password >> authentication failed for user "postgres" >> >> Maybe you can help me to solve this problem. > > > Two choices: > > 1) Determine what the password is for the postgres user and provide it when > you connect. > > 2) If you have access to the pg_hba.conf file create a access line that uses > trust as the auth method for user postgres connect that way. > > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.5/static/auth-methods.html#AUTH-TRUST OR you could use the -l switch and specify another db. pg_dumpall -l mydbnamehere -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
