Hi Rubens, The password asked is for postgres server which you must have setup when installing PostgreSQL server.
Thanks, Pravesh On Wed, Aug 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM Rubens Oliveira Santos <rubens8...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear pgAdmin Support Team, > > I am writing to report an issue I am facing with connecting to a server > after installing pgAdmin. > > During the installation process, I was never prompted to create a password > for the 'postgres' user or any other administrative user. > > Now, when I try to connect to a server (in this case, 'PostgreSQL 17'), I > am prompted to enter a password for the user 'postgres', as shown in the > screenshot I have attached. Since a password was never set up during > installation, I am unable to provide the correct credentials and cannot > connect to any external databases. Leaving the password field blank does > not work. > > Could you please advise on how to resolve this situation? Is there a > default password, or is there a way to set or reset the password for the > 'postgres' user to allow me to connect to the server? > > Thank you for your time and assistance. > > Sincerely, > Rubens Oliveira > [image: image.png] >
