I have just installed postgresql 8.3 on my debian sid, and have set the password of both system user postgres and database user to the same password, but when i connect to it using pgadmin3(from the local machine), i got the error: -------------- An error has occurred: Error connecting to the server: FATAL: password authentication failed for user "postgres" ---------------- how can i fix it so that i can get pgadmin work? here is my pg_hda.conf ------------------------ # Database administrative login by UNIX sockets local all postgres ident sameuser # TYPE DATABASE USER CIDR-ADDRESS METHOD # "local" is for Unix domain socket connections only local all all ident sameuser # IPv4 local connections: host all all 127.0.0.1/32 md5 # IPv6 local connections: host all all ::1/128 md5 ----------------------- here is the log messages ----------------------- 2008-12-06 12:33:08 HKT LOG: could not load root certificate file "root.crt": no SSL error reported (1) 2008-12-06 12:33:08 HKT DETAIL: Will not verify client certificates. (2) 2008-12-06 12:33:08 HKT LOG: could not create IPv6 socket: Address family not supported by protocol (3) 2008-12-06 12:33:09 HKT LOG: database system was shut down at 2008-12-06 12:32:18 HKT 2008-12-06 12:33:09 HKT LOG: autovacuum launcher started 2008-12-06 12:33:09 HKT LOG: database system is ready to accept connections 2008-12-06 12:33:09 HKT LOG: incomplete startup packet (4) -------------------------- is (1) a error? what should i do? what does (2) mean? is it normal? is (3) ok? is (4) a error? what should i do? thanks -- I'm a web developer using debian+mono(C#)+postgresql+xhtml+js+xsl+xml+css -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general